demoror

dēmŏror, ātus, 1, v. dep. n. and a.

1.

Neutr., to loiter, linger, tarry, delay (very rare):

me hic demoratam tam diu,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 4, 27:

ille nihil demoratus exsurgit,

Tac. A. 15, 69:

quamdiu legationis causa ibi demorantur,

Dig. 5, 1, 2, § 4:

in errore,

Vulg. Sirach, 17, 26;

diebus septem,

id. Act. 20, 6 al. —More freq. (and class.),

II.

Act., to retard, detain, delay one:

diu me estis demorati,

Plaut. Epid. 3, 2, 40; cf.: ne diutius vos demorer, *Cic. de Or. 2, 58, 235: detinere aliquem et demorari, Lentul. in Cic. Fam. 12, 15:

nullo hoste prohibente aut iter demorante,

Caes. B. G. 3, 6 fin.; so,

repentinas eorum eruptiones,

id. B. C. 1, 81, 5:

novissimum agmen,

id. ib. 3, 75, 3; Tac. A. 12, 68.— Poet.:

Teucros quid demoror armis?

restrain from battle, Verg. A. 11, 175 (ab armis, Serv.):

fando surgentes demoror Austros,

Verg. A. 3, 481 (i. e. vos demoror quominus ventis utamini, Serv.): inutilis annos demoror, detain the years (sc. that hasten to an end), i. e. remain alive, Verg. A. 2, 648 (quasi festinantes diu vivendo detineo, Serv.):

mortalia demoror arma,

i. e. await, Verg. A. 10, 30 (exspecto, sustineo, Serv.).