noun · femininefirst declension
mora
mora f (genitive morae)
Classical[ˈmɔ.ra]Ecclesiastical[ˈmɔː.ra]
№ 399 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- femininea duration of time before an event takes place, delay
sine morā
without delay[…] dīxistī paulum tibi esse etiam nunc morae, quod ego vīverem.
[…] you said that you had only a little delay even now, because I was still alive.63 BCE, Cicero, In Catilinam orationes 1.9 - femininea delay in the performance of an action, putting off
- broadlyfemininehindrance
- feminineobstacle, impediment
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
tempus exspectandī; sine morā = statim.mora -ae f — in Mille Verba, Tempus et Numerī
a delay
mora — in Seneca, ch. XVII
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mora | morae |
| genitive | morae | morārum |
| dative | morae | morīs |
| accusative | moram | morās |
| ablative | morā | morīs |
| vocative | mora | morae |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- in mora alicui esse
- to detain a person.
- sine mora or nulla mora interposita
- without delay.
- dicendi mora diem extrahere, eximere, tollere
- to pass the whole day in discussion.
mŏra, ae, f. Sanscr. smar, remember; Gr. root μερ-, μαρ-; μέρμηρα, μέριμνα, care; μάρτυρ, witness; cf. memor, memoria; perh. μέλλειν,
I. a delay.
I. Lit.
A. In gen.:
tarditas sententiarum, moraque rerum, Cic. Fam. 10, 22, 2: mora et sustentatio, id. Inv. 2, 49, 146: mora aut tergiversatio, id. Mil. 20, 54: moram rei alicui inferre, to delay, put off, defer, hinder, id. Inv. 1, 9, 12: moram ad insequendum intulit, Caes. B. C. 3, 75: afferre, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 64, § 165: facere delectui, Liv. 6, 31: facere dimicandi, id. 21, 32: facere creditoribus, to put off payment, Cic. Sull. 20, 58: moras nectere, Sen. Ira, 3, 39, 2: offerre, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 17: obicere, id. Poen. 1, 3, 37: trahere, to delay, Verg. A. 10, 888: moliri, to cause delay, id. ib. 1, 414: producere malo alicui, to defer, Ter. And. 3, 5, 9: tibi moram dictis creas, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 168: rumpere, Verg. A. 4, 569: pellere, Ov. M. 10, 659: corripere, id. ib. 9, 282: removere, to make haste, not to delay, Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 37: moram interponere, to interpose delay, Cic. Phil. 10, 1, 1: habeo paululum morae, dum, etc., Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 12, 2: Caesar nihil in morā habuit, quominus perveniret, delayed not, Vell. 2, 51, 2: saltus Castulonensis nequaquam tantā in morā est, does not hinder, Asin. Pall. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 1: nec mora ulla est, quin eam uxorem ducam, I will without delay, Ter. And. 5, 6, 7; so freq. in the poets: nec (haud) mora, Prop. 4 (5), 4, 82. Ov. M. 1, 717; 6, 53; Verg. G. 4, 548; id. A. 5, 140: ne in morā illi sis, hinder, keep waiting, Ter. And. 3, 1, 9: per me nulla est mora, there is no delay on my part, id. ib. 3, 4, 14: in me mora non erit ulla, Verg. E. 3, 52; Ter. And. 2, 5, 9: nulla igitur mora per Novium ... quin, etc., it is no fault of Novius, etc., Juv. 12, 111: nam si alia memorem, mora est, it will detain us too long, Plaut. Capt. 4, 3, 6: inter moras consul mittit senatum, in the meantime, meanwhile, Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 20: inter aliquas moras, Suet. Aug. 78; id. Ner. 49: sine mora, without delay, at once: quod ego, ut debui, sine mora feci, Cic. Ep. ad Erut. 1, 18, 1, id. Fam. 10, 18, 4: moram certaminis hosti exemit, i. e. hastened it on, Liv. 9, 43.—B. In partic., of speech, a stopping or pause:
morae, respirationesque, Cic. Or. 16, 53: oratio non ictu magis quam morā imprimitur, Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 3. —II. Transf.
A. Any thing that retards or delays, a hinderance:
ne morae illi sim, Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 81: ne morae meis nuptiis egomet siem (al. mora), hinder, Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 78: hoc mihi morae est, id. ib. 5, 7, 5: restituendae Romanis Capuae mora atque impedimentum es, Liv. 23, 9, 11: Abas pugnae nodusque moraque, Verg. A. 10, 428: loricaeque moras et pectus perforat ingens, id. ib. 10, 485; cf. Flor. 4, 9, 1.—B. Mora temporis, a space of time, Ov. M. 9, 134:
an tibi notitiam mora temporis eripit horum? id. P. 2, 10, 5: moram temporis quaerere dum Hannibal in Africam traiceret, Liv. 30, 16, 14; so, temporaria, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 114.mŏra, ae, f.,
I. the fish echeneis, Plin. 32, 1, 1, § 6 (al. remora).
mŏra, ae, f., = μόρα,
I. a division of the Spartan army, consisting of three, five, or seven hundred men:
moram Lacedaemoniorum intercepit, the Spartan army, Nep. Iphicr. 2, 3 (but in Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 37, the best reading is agmen, v. Klotz ad h. l.).Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
mora ae, f
1 SMAR-, a delay, procrastination : comitiorum, S.: inter eas moras, S.: rerum: moram praeceptis inferre, defer : moram ad insequendum intulit, Cs.: facere dilectui, L.: facere creditoribus, put off payment : trahere, delay , V.: moliri, cause delay , V.: moram interponere, interpose delay : mora reliquorum, delay in pursuing , Cs.: morā dies extrahens, talking against time , Cs.: Nec mora ullast, quin iam uxorem ducam, I will without delay , T.: Quosque referre mora est, would take too long , O.: Parva mora est sumpsisse, he promptly took , O.: per hunc nullast mora, on his part , T.: in me mora non erit ulla, V.: Nulla mora est, I am ready , O.: sine ullā morā negotium suscipere, at once : moram certaminis hosti exemit, i. e. hastened it on , L.: Molliri morā, with delay , i. e. gradually , O.—In speech, a stop, pause : morae respirationesque.— An obstruction, hinderance, cause of delay : ne morae meis nuptiis egomet siem, hinder , T.: ne in morā illi sis, T.: magnā fluminis morā interpositā, Cs.: restituendae Romanis Capuae mora atque impedimentum es, L.: quae tantae tenuere morae? V.: Rumpe moras, V.—In the phrase, mora temporis, an interval, lapse of time : Longa fuit medii mora temporis, O.: moram temporis quaerere dum, etc., L.
mora ae, f
, μόρα, a division of Spartan infantry (400 or 700 men): Lacedaemoniorum, N.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*mer-?
- Proto-Indo-European*merh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*morh₂éh₂
- Proto-Italic*morā
- Latinmora
From Proto-Italic *morā, from Proto-Indo-European *morh₂éh₂, from *merh₂- (“to crumble, crush”). Cognate with Old Irish maraid (“to last, persist, remain”).
Descendants
- Italianmora
- Asturianmuera
- Polishmora