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moror.

to linger, loiter, spend time with

5 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈmɔ.rɔr]Classical-Latin[ˈmɔː.ror]
  1. to linger, loiter, spend time with

    conjugation-1 · deponent · intransitive
  2. to delay, hinder

    conjugation-1 · deponent · transitive
  3. to delay, hinder

    conjugation-1 · deponent · transitive · with-negation
    aliquem nihil morārī
    aliquid nihil morārī
  4. to impede, detain, cause to wait, hinder, hold back, stay

    conjugation-1 · deponent · transitive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mer-? Proto-Indo-European *merh₂- Proto-Indo-European *morh₂éh₂ Proto-Italic *morā Latin mora Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -or Latin moror By surface analysis, mora (“delay”) + -or. However, the term might have been inherited from Proto-Italic *moraōr, from Proto-Indo-European *morh₂-éye-ti, from *merh₂-, whence also Old Irish maraid (“to last, persist”).

verb[ˈmoː.rɔr]Classical-Latin[ˈmɔː.ror]
  1. to be a fool

    conjugation-1 · deponent · no-perfect
Where this word comes from

From Ancient Greek μωρός (mōrós, “dull, slow”). Coined by Nero most likely. A pun based on the resemblance to its homograph.

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