remoror Latin · revision 32898

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *morh₂-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈrɛ.mɔ.rɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈrɛː.mo.ror]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''remoror''' (present infinitive remorārī, perfect active remorātus sum); first conjugation, deponent^(Wiktionary)

+ The deponent prevails, but active forms ''remorō'', ''-āre'' also occur.^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|re-|moror|t2=to delay]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan takes [[m|la|moror]] either as a verb made from [[mora]] “delay” or as an old iterative; he traces [[m|la|mora]] to [[itc-pro|*morH-ā-|t=delay]] and [[ine-pro|*morh₂-]], comparing [[sga|maraid|t=lasts, remains]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus asks why those dawdlers are staying so long inside.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Without an object it is to wait, linger or dally, rarely so: Lucretius and Livy have it of staying in a place.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) With an object it is to delay a person, hold up or keep waiting, which is frequent and classical: in Plautus a timber merchant may hold up a ship, and in Terence someone curses whoever has delayed him today.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is also to check something moving, as Lucretius' winds blowing against the river, and to put off an event: Cicero asks whether death and punishment were put off for a single day.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Sallust says night and the plunder of the camp kept the enemy from using their victory.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of lingering and of holding someone up.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence of delaying a person.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius of winds holding back a river.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of a punishment put off.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # ''(intransitive)'' To wait, [[m|en|linger]], [[m|en|tarry]], dally.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(transitive)'' To [[m|en|delay]], hold up, keep waiting; to check (something moving); to put off (an event).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[remorāmen]]

+ * [[remorātiō]]

+ * [[remorator]]

+ * [[remoratrix]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[moror]]

+ * [[mora]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}