noun
rĕmĕlīgo
Meaning
- she that delays
rĕmĕlīgo, ĭnis, f. acc. to Fest. p. 277 Müll. from remoror, and hence qs. for remŏrigo, perh. i. q. 1. remora, but concr.,
I. she that delays or hinders, the (fem.) delayer, hinderer: remeligines et remorae a remorando dictae sunt a Plauto in Casinā (4, 3, 6): nam quid illaec nunc tamdiu intus remorantur remeligines. Ab Afranio in Prodito: remeligo a Laribus missa sum, Fest. l. l. (the palimpsest of Plautus, acc. to Ritschl's collation, has, instead of the last two words of the verse in question, remoranturreme ... ); cf.: Remelicines remoratrices, Gloss. Isid.