demoror
Dictionary entries
- Entry →demoror, demorari, demoratus sum:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
detain, cause delay, keep waiting/back, hold up; keep (from); delay/linger/stay;
sg. pres. ind. 1st
Examples
Liber Septimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...sollicitum decus ac suprema uoluptas, Antigone! seras tibi demoror improbus umbras, fors eadem scelera et caedes uisurus auitas..."Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...pater ingens++ sed quid ego haec, fessosque optatis demoror undis? mecum age nunc, si forte uado Langia perennes..."Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...lucet ager? sed quid fando tua tela manusque demoror? expectant matres, supremaque fiunt uota mihi. satis est: merui..."- P
Aeneid XI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...robur ab annis, Turne. sed infelix Teucros quid demoror armis? vadite et haec memores regi mandata referte: quod..." - P
Aeneid X
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...credo, mea vulnera restant et tua progenies mortalia demoror arma. si sine pace tua atque invito numine Troes..." - P
Aeneid III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...nati pietate. quid ultra provehor et fando surgentis demoror Austros?' nec minus Andromache digressu maesta supremo fert picturatas..."