moras
Dictionary entries
- Entry →moveo, movere, movi, motus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
move, stir, agitate, affect, provoke, disturb; [movere se => dance];
sg. pluperf. act. ind. 2nd - Entry →mora, morae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
delay, hindrance, obstacle; pause;
acc. pl. - —
Syncopated perfect often drops the 'v' and contracts vowel
Examples
- P
Aeneid III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...volvere fumum. vela cadunt, remis insurgimus; haud mora, nautae adnixi torquent spumas et caerula verrunt. servatum ex undis..." - P
Aeneid IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...trudunt obnixae frumenta umeris, pars agmina cogunt castigantque moras, opere omnis semita fervet. quis tibi tum, Dido, cernenti..." - P
Aeneid V
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...clara dedit sonitum tuba, finibus omnes, haud mora, prosiluere suis; ferit aethera clamor nauticus, adductis spumant freta versa..." - P
Aeneid VI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...fremebant, praecipue pius Aeneas. tum iussa Sibyllae, haud mora, festinant flentes aramque sepulcri congerere arboribus caeloque educere certant..." - P
Aeneid VII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...omnis, donaque ferre viro pacemque exposcere Teucris. haud mora, festinant iussi rapidisque feruntur passibus. ipse humili designat moenia..." - P
Aeneid VIII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...nunc manibus rapidis, omni nunc arte magistra. praecipitate moras.' nec plura effatus, at illi ocius incubuere omnes pariterque..." - P
Aeneid IX
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...dubitas? nunc tempus equos, nunc poscere currus. rumpe moras omnis et turbata arripe castra.' dixit, et in caelum..." - P
Aeneid I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...properent se tinguere soles hiberni, vel quae tardis mora noctibus obstet. Ingeminant plausu Tyrii, Troesque sequuntur..."