immoror Latin · revision 35949

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1st century AD, Seneca and Columella|origins=la moror}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''immoror''' (present infinitive immorārī, perfect active immorātus sum); first conjugation, deponent^(Wiktionary)

+ Also spelled ''inmoror''.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|in-|moror|t2=to delay, linger]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary)^(Bianchi & Lelli 2014) [[m|la|moror]] is derived from [[m|la|mora|t=delay]], which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*morH-ā-|t=delay]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is a post-Augustan word,^(Lewis & Short 1879) found in Seneca's letters, where remedies do no good unless they stay in the body,^(OLD 2012) and in Columella, of birds staying on their nests.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to stay or linger in a place,^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) as in Pliny the Elder, of a boy lingering at midday,^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) and in Justin, of staying in Italy.^(Georges 1913)^(Bianchi & Lelli 2014) Celsus uses it of intestines that stay in the groin.^(Georges 1913) Figuratively it meant to dwell on a topic or activity, with the dative or ''in'' and the ablative, in Quintilian and Pliny the Younger.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Conte 2010) Augustine speaks of lingering in this life, and Tertullian uses it transitively for inhabiting a region.^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to stay, remain or linger.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it of remedies that stay in the body.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1st century AD – Columella uses it of thrushes on their nests.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder uses it of a boy lingering at midday.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian uses it of dwelling on a subject.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 160–220 AD – Tertullian uses it for inhabiting a region.^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To stay, remain, [[m|en|linger]] (in or at a place).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To dwell (on a topic or activity), [[m|en|tarry]] over.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ # ''(Late Latin)'' To [[m|en|inhabit]] (a region).^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}