moror

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
    Synonyms: habitō, cōnsistō
  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
    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
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 active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives morārī,
morārier1		 morātum esse morātūrum esse — — —
participles morāns morātus morātūrus — — morandus
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: 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.

Pronunciation

Verb

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

  1. (hapax) to be a fool
    • c. 69 CE – 122 CE, Suetonius, De vita Caesarum VI 33, (The pun is that using the verb mŏrārī would mean “He is no longer tarrying among people”, meaning “he died”.):
      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 [Claudius] 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, no supine stem, deponent, no perfect stem)
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 active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives mōrārī — — — — —
participles mōrāns — — — — 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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