moror

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Latin

Etymology 1

From mora (“delay”) +‎ -or (deponent verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

Verb

moror (present infinitive morārī or morārier, perfect active morātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

  1. (intransitive) to linger, loiter, spend time with
    Synonyms: habitō, cōnsistō
    • c. 4 BCE – 65 CE, Seneca the Younger, Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium 1.2.1:
      Prīmum argūmentum compositae mentis exīstimō posse cōnsistere et sēcum morārī.
      The first proof of a well-ordered mind, I believe, the ability to remain in one place and to linger with itself.
  2. (transitive) to delay, hinder
    Synonyms: dētineō, cūnctor, retardō, prōtrahō, tardō, dubitō, trahō, differō
    Antonyms: ruō, currō, accurrō, trepidō, festīnō, prōvolō, properō, corripiō, affluō, mātūrō
  3. to impede, detain, cause to wait, hinder, hold back, stay
    Synonyms: supprimō, arceō, refrēnō, obstō, cūnctor, contineō, retineō, cohibeō, intersaepiō, inclūdō, perimō, obstō, coerceō, officiō, reprimō, saepiō, comprimō
    Antonyms: līberō, eximō, absolvō, excipiō, exonerō, ēmittō
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.235–236:
      “Quid struit, aut quā spē inimīcā in gente morātur,
      nec prōlem Ausoniam et Lāvīnia respicit arva?”
      “What does intend, or what hope detains him among hostile people, he disregards his Ausonian children and the Lavinian fields?”
Conjugation
   Conjugation of moror (first conjugation, deponent)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present moror morāris,
morāre 		morātur morāmur morāminī morantur
imperfect morābar morābāris,
morābāre 		morābātur morābāmur morābāminī morābantur
future morābor morāberis,
morābere 		morābitur morābimur morābiminī morābuntur
perfect morātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect morātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect morātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present morer morēris,
morēre 		morētur morēmur morēminī morentur
imperfect morārer morārēris,
morārēre 		morārētur morārēmur morārēminī morārentur
perfect morātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect morātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — morāre — — morāminī —
future — morātor morātor — — morantor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present morārī,
morārier1 		— morāns —
future morātūrum esse — morātūrus morandus
perfect morātum esse — morātus —
future perfect morātum fore — — —
perfect potential morātūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
morandī morandō morandum morandō morātum morātū

1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.

Derived terms
Descendants
  • Italian: morare, muorarsi (dialect of Lucca)
  • → Old French: morer
  • → Old Galician-Portuguese: morar
  • → Old Spanish: morar

References

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek μωρός (mōrós, “dull, slow”). Coined by Nero most likely. A pun based on the resemblance to its homograph.

Pronunciation

Verb

mōror (present infinitive mōrārī); first conjugation, deponent, no perfect or supine stems

  1. (hapax legomenon) to be a fool
    • c. 69 CE – 122 CE, Suetonius, De vita Caesarum VI 33:
      Certē omnibus rērum verbōrumque contumēliīs mortuum īnsectātus est, modo stultitiae modo saevitiae arguēns; nam et mōrārī eum dēsīsse inter hominēs prōductā prīmā syllabā iocābātur multaque dēcrēta et cōnstitūta, ut īnsipientis atque dēlīrī, prō irritīs habuit.
      He certainly blamed the dead one with all insults, of deeds and of words, sometimes reproving his stupidity, other times his cruelty; for he jested about him having ceased to be a fool among people (with a lengthened first syllable) as well as having nullified many decrees and edicts of his, as those of an unwise and crazy one.
Conjugation
   Conjugation of mōror (first conjugation, deponent, no perfect or supine stems)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present mōror mōrāris,
mōrāre 		mōrātur mōrāmur mōrāminī mōrantur
imperfect mōrābar mōrābāris,
mōrābāre 		mōrābātur mōrābāmur mōrābāminī mōrābantur
future mōrābor mōrāberis,
mōrābere 		mōrābitur mōrābimur mōrābiminī mōrābuntur
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present mōrer mōrēris,
mōrēre 		mōrētur mōrēmur mōrēminī mōrentur
imperfect mōrārer mōrārēris,
mōrārēre 		mōrārētur mōrārēmur mōrārēminī mōrārentur
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — mōrāre — — mōrāminī —
future — mōrātor mōrātor — — mōrantor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present mōrārī — mōrāns —
future — — — mōrandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
mōrandī mōrandō mōrandum mōrandō — —

References

  • “moror”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “moror”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • moror in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • moror in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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