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1. mŏra, ae, f. [Sanscr. smar, remember; Gr. root μερ-, μαρ-; μέρμηρα, μέριμνα, care; μάρτυρ, witness; cf. memor, memoria; perh. μέλλειν], a delay.

  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. In gen.: tarditas sententiarum, moraque rerum, Cic. Fam. 10, 22, 2: mora et sustentatio, id. Inv. 2, 49, 146: mora aut tergiversatio, id. Mil. 20, 54: moram rei alicui inferre, to delay, put off, defer, hinder, id. Inv. 1, 9, 12: moram ad insequendum intulit, Caes. B. C. 3, 75: afferre, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 64, § 165: facere delectui, Liv. 6, 31: facere dimicandi, id. 21, 32: facere creditoribus, to put off payment, Cic. Sull. 20, 58: moras nectere, Sen. Ira, 3, 39, 2: offerre, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 17: obicere, id. Poen. 1, 3, 37: trahere, to delay, Verg. A. 10, 888: moliri, to cause delay, id. ib. 1, 414: producere malo alicui, to defer, Ter. And. 3, 5, 9: tibi moram dictis creas, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 168: rumpere, Verg. A. 4, 569: pellere, Ov. M. 10, 659: corripere, id. ib. 9, 282: removere, to make haste, not to delay, Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 37: moram interponere, to interpose delay, Cic. Phil. 10, 1, 1: habeo paululum morae, dum, etc., Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 12, 2: Caesar nihil in morā habuit, quominus perveniret, delayed not, Vell. 2, 51, 2: saltus Castulonensis nequaquam tantā in morā est, does not hinder, Asin. Pall. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 1: nec mora ulla est, quin eam uxorem ducam, I will without delay, Ter. And. 5, 6, 7; so freq. in the poets: nec (haud) mora, Prop. 4 (5), 4, 82; Ov. M. 1, 717; 6, 53; Verg. G. 4, 548; id. A. 5, 140: ne in morā illi sis, hinder, keep waiting, Ter. And. 3, 1, 9: per me nulla est mora, there is no delay on my part, id. ib. 3, 4, 14: in me mora non erit ulla, Verg. E. 3, 52; Ter. And. 2, 5, 9: nulla igitur mora per Novium … quin, etc., it is no fault of Novius, etc., Juv. 12, 111: nam si alia memorem, mora est, it will detain us too long, Plaut. Capt. 4, 3, 6: inter moras consul mittit senatum, in the meantime, meanwhile, Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 20: inter aliquas moras, Suet. Aug. 78; id. Ner. 49: sine mora, without delay, at once: quod ego, ut debui, sine mora feci, Cic. Ep. ad Erut. 1, 18, 1, id. Fam. 10, 18, 4: moram certaminis hosti exemit, i. e. hastened it on, Liv. 9, 43.
    2. B. In partic., of speech, a stopping or pause: morae, respirationesque, Cic. Or. 16, 53: oratio non ictu magis quam morā imprimitur, Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 3.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. Any thing that retards or delays, a hinderance: ne morae illi sim, Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 81: ne morae meis nuptiis egomet siem (al. mora), hinder, Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 78: hoc mihi morae est, id. ib. 5, 7, 5: restituendae Romanis Capuae mora atque impedimentum es, Liv. 23, 9, 11: Abas pugnae nodusque moraque, Verg. A. 10, 428: loricaeque moras et pectus perforat ingens, id. ib. 10, 485; cf. Flor. 4, 9, 1.
    2. B. Mora temporis, a space of time, Ov. M. 9, 134: an tibi notitiam mora temporis eripit horum? id. P. 2, 10, 5: moram temporis quaerere dum Hannibal in Africam traiceret, Liv. 30, 16, 14; so, temporaria, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 114.

2. mŏra, ae, f., the fish echeneis, Plin. 32, 1, 1, § 6 (al. remora).

† 3. mŏra, ae, f., = μόρα, a division of the Spartan army, consisting of three, five, or seven hundred men: moram Lacedaemoniorum intercepit, the Spartan army, Nep. Iphicr. 2, 3 (but in Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 37, the best reading is agmen, v. Klotz ad h. l.).

‡ moracillum, dim. from moracius, Titin. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 139 Müll.

‡ moracĭus, a, um, adj. [mora], hard: nuces, Titin. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 139 Müll.

mōrālis, e, adj. [mores], of or belonging to manners or morals, moral (a word formed by Cicero; cf. moratus): quia pertinet ad mores, quos ἤθη Graeci vocant, nos eam partem philosophiae de moribus appellare solemus. Sed decet augentem linguam Latinam nominare moralem, Cic. Fat. 1, 1; imitated by Seneca and Quintil.: philosophiae tres partes esse dixerunt, moralem, naturalem, et rationalem, Sen. Ep. 89, 9; Quint. 12, 2, 10: pars illa philosophiae ἠθική moralis est dicta, id. 6, 2, 8; cf. also, id. 12, 2, 19 and 20: epistolae, Gell. 12, 2, 3.
Hence, adv.: mōrālĭter, in a characteristic manner, characteristically, Don. ad Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 35; Ter. Phorm. 1, 1, 2.
Esp., morally, Ambros. Apol. David. 6.
Comp.: moralius, Ambros. in Psa. 118, Serm. 1, 5.

mōrālĭtas, ātis, f. [moralis], manner, characteristics, character (post-class.), Macr. S. 5, 1; morality, Ambros. in Psa. 118, Serm. 3.

mōrālĭter, adv., v. moralis fin.

mŏrāmentum, i, n. [moror], that which causes a delay, a hinderance (postclass.), App. Flor. p. 363, 32.

mŏrārĭa, ae, f., a plant, called also statioron or chamaeleon, App. Herb. 25.

mŏrātē, adv., v. moror fin.

mŏrātim, adv., [moror], slowly, Sol. 3, 1 dub. (al. memoratim).

mŏrātĭo, ōnis, f. [moror], a delaying, tarrying, a delay, Vitr. 9, 4: morationibus impediri, id. ib.: litoraria, delay on the coast, Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 5, 74.

mŏrātor, ōris, m. [moror].

  1. I. A delayer, loiterer, malingerer: unus publici commodi, Liv. 2, 44; Curt. 4, 10, 10 (but moratorum, Liv. 21, 47, 3, and 24, 41, 5, is from morati; v. moror).
  2. II. A talker against time, a sort of advocate who spoke only to gain time while his principal rested and refreshed himself, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15, 49.
  3. III. In the races, persons who strove to embarrass and delay the runners, for the amusement of the crowd, Inscr. Orell. 2597.

mŏrātōrĭus, a. um, adj. [morator], delaying, dilatory (post-class.): cunctatio, Dig. 26, 7, 6: appellationes, Paul. Sent. 5, 35, 2: ambages, Cod. Just. 4, 31, 14.

1. mŏrātus, a, um, Part., from moror.

2. mōrātus, a, um, adj. [mos].

  1. I. Mannered, of morals, good or bad; constituted, conditioned, circumstanced (class.): nequiquam mulier exornata est bene, si morata est male, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 132: condigne pater est ejus moratus moribus, id. Capt. 1, 1, 39: morata recte (puella), id. Aul. 2, 2, 62: viri bene morati, Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 184: genus hominum optime moratum, id. Agr. 2, 31, 84: melius, id. Fin. 1, 19, 63: ita haec morata est janua, is of such a nature, Plaut. As. 2, 3, 10: male moratus venter, insatiable, Ov. M. 15, 95: bene morata disciplina, Col. 1, 8: aut multitudinem melius moratam censeam fieri posse, Liv. 26, 22, 14: in tam bene morata civitate, id. 45, 23, 10: bene moratae urbes, Quint. 8, 6, 24.
  2. II. Esp. of style, etc., adapted to the manners or character of a person, or to the subject, characteristic: poëma, Cic. Div. 1, 31, 66: recte morata Fabula, in which the characters are accurately drawn, Hor. A. P. 319; cf.: in oratione morata debent esse omnia cum dignitate, Quint. 4, 2, 64.

* mŏrax, ācis, adj. [moror], fond of delay, dilatory: cogitationes, Varr. ap. Non. 451, 13.

1. mŏror, ātus, 1, v. dep. n. and a. [mora].

  1. I. Neutr., to delay, tarry, stay, wait, remain, linger, loiter (syn.: cesso, cunctor, haesito; class.); eamus ergo ad cenam: quid stas? Thr. Ubi vis: non moror, i. e. I have no objection, Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 6: Lucceius narravit, Brutum valde morari, non tergiversantem, sed exspectantem, si qui forte casus, etc., Cic. Att. 16, 5, 3: quid moror? Hor. C. 2, 17, 6: quid multis moror? why do I linger long? why make a long story of it? Ter. And. 1, 1, 87: ne multis morer, to be brief, in short, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 46, § 104: paulum morandum in his intervallis, Quint. 11, 3, 39: quod adhuc Brundisii moratus es, have tarried, remained, Cic. Fam. 15, 17, 2: in provinciā, id. Att. 7, 1, 5: haud multa moratus, i. e. without delaying long, Verg. A. 3, 610: nec plura moratus, without tarrying any longer, id. ib. 5, 381: rosa quo locorum Sera moretur, may linger, may be, Hor. C. 1, 38, 3: Corycia semper qui puppe moraris, Juv. 14, 267.
    With cum: ubi, et cum quibus moreris, stay, reside, Sen. Ep. 32, 1.
    With quin: nec morati sunt quin decurrerent ad castra, Liv. 40, 31, 8.
    In the part. perf. subst.: ad sexcentos moratorum in citeriore ripā cepit, Liv. 21, 47, 3; 21, 48, 6; cf.: ad duo milia aut moratorum aut palantium per agros interfecta, id. 24, 41, 4; v. Drakenb. ad h. 1.
  2. II. Act., to delay, retard, detain, cause to wait, hinder: ne affinem morer, Quin, etc., delay, Plaut. Aul. 4, 2, 5: argentum non morabor quin feras, id. As. 2, 2, 88: morari ac sustinere impetum hostium, Caes. B. C. 2, 26: conanti dexteram manum, id. ib. 5, 44, 8: eum, Cic. Fam. 6, 20, 28: iter, Caes. B. G. 7, 40: naves, Plin. 9, 25, 41, § 80: morari ab itinere proposito hostem, Liv. 23, 28, 9: morantur pauci Ridiculum et fugientem ex urbe pudorem, Juv. 11, 54.
      1. 2. To fix the attention of, to delight, amuse, entertain: morata recte Fabula Valdius oblectat, populum meliusque moratur, Quam, etc., delays, i. e. entertains, Hor. A. P. 321: carmina, quae possint oculos auresque morari Caesaris, arrest, id. Ep. 1, 13, 17: tardior stilus cogitationem moratur, Quint. 1, 1, 28: profecto non plus biduum aut
        Ph. Aut? nihil moror, I will wait no longer, will bear no delay, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 104: egomet convivas moror, keep them waiting, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 120.
    1. B. In partic.: nihil morari aliquem, not to detain a person, to let him go, to dismiss. Thus the consul said when he dismissed the Senate: Nihil amplius vos moramur, I will detain you no longer, you are dismissed, Capitol. M. Aurel. 10. This is the customary formula for abandoning an accusation and dismissing an accused person: C. Sempronium nihil moror, i. e. I withdraw my accusation against, Liv. 4, 42, 8: cum se nihil morari magistrum equitum pronuntiasset, id. 8, 35, 8: negavit, se Gracchum morari, id. 43, 16, 16.
      Hence,
      1. 2. Trop.: nihil morari (with acc., an object-clause, or quo minus), to let a thing go, i. e. not to value or regard, to care nothing about it, to have nothing to say against it, etc.: nam vina nihil moror illius orae, care nothing for it, am not fond of it, Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 16: officium, id. ib. 2, 1, 264: nec dona moror, Verg. A. 5, 400: nil ego istos moror faeceos mores, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 18 Brix ad loc.
        With object-clauses: alieno uti nihil moror, I do not want to, Plaut. Capt. prol. 16: nihil moror, eos salvos esse, et ire quo jubetis, am not opposed to it, have nothing to say against it, Ant. ap. Cic. Phil. 13, 17, 35: nil moror eum tibi esse amicum, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 56.
        With quominus: nihil ego quidem moror, quominus decemviratu abeam, I do not hesitate to, I will immediately, Liv. 3, 54, 4.
        Hence, * mŏrātē, adv., lingeringly, slowly: moratius, Sen. Q. N. 6, 14, 3.
        Note:
      1. 1. Act. collat. form mŏro, āre: quid moras? Naev. ap. Diom. p. 395 P.: morares Enn. ib.: moraret, Pac. ib. (cf. Enn. p. 154, v. 11 Vahl.; Trag. Rel. p. 82 Rib.; Com. Rel. p. 16 ib.).
      2. 2. Pass. impers.: ita diu, ut plus biennium in his tricis moretur, be spent, lost, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 5, 2.

† 1. mōrus, a, um, adj., = μωρός, foolish, silly (Plautin.).

  1. I. Adj.: amor mores hominum moros et morosos facit, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 43: ut hoc utimur more moro molestoque, id. Men. 4, 2, 1.
  2. II. Subst.
    1. A. mōrus, i, m., a fool, simpleton: morus es, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 78.
    2. B. mōra, ae, f., a foolish woman, Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 17.
      Hence, adv.: mōrē, foolishly (Plautin.): more hoc fit atque stulte, Plaut. Stich. 5, 1, 1.