morosus

1.

mōrōsus, a, um, adj. [mos; cf. Cic. Tusc. 4, 24, 54], peevish, fretful, wayward, capricious, captious, morose (syn.: tristis, severus, gravis, difficilis;

class.): usque eo difficiles ac morosi sumus, ut nobis non satisfaciat ipse Demosthenes,

Cic. Or. 29, 104:

at sunt morosi et anxii, et iracundi et difficiles senes,

id. Sen. 18, 65:

canities,

Hor. C. 1, 9, 17.—Of excessive care:

circa corporis curam morosior,

particular, fastidious, Suet. Caes. 45.—Of things concr. and abstr.:

cupressus natu morosa,

that grows with difficulty, Plin. 16, 33, 60, § 139:

morbus,

stubborn, Ov. A. A. 2, 323:

caelandi subtilitas,

anxious, painful, Plin. 35, prooem. §

1: si tibi morosa prurigine verminat auris,

Mart. 14, 23.—Hence, adv.: mōrōsē.

1.

Peevishly, fretfully, captiously, morosely (class.):

morose ferre hominum ineptias,

Cic. Brut. 67, 236.—

2.

Scrupulously, carefully:

terram non morose legit,

Plin. 18, 13, 34, § 128. — Comp.:

pallium morosius ordinatum,

Tert. Pall. 4.— Sup.:

morosissime,

Suet. Aug. 66.

2.

mŏrōsus, a, um, adj. [mora], lingering, slow, slow in coming (lato Lat.):

cui morosum videtur quodcunque futurum est,

Cassiod. in Psa. 34, 20:

iter fieri morosum quod ad celeritatem est inventum,

id. Var. 1, 29.