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moratur

moratur is a Latin form of moror, meaning “delay, linger”. It is the 3rd person singular present deponent indicative.

Found 75 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 1.39.1: Dum paucos dies ad Vesontionem rei frumentariae commeatusque causa moratur, ex percontatione nostrorum vocibusque Gallorum ac mercatorum, qui ingenti magnitudine corporum Germanos, inc …

Seneca the Younger, Epistulae 2.17.1: … pias, et ad bonam mentem magno cursu ac totis viribus tende. Si quid est, quo teneris, aut expedi aut incide. Moratur, inquis, me res familiaris; sic illam disponere volo, ut sufficere nihil agenti possit, ne aut paupertas mihi …

All forms of moror (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.