I.v. dep. n. [in-moror], to tarry or remain in, to stay upon or at, to linger near a place (postAug.).
I. Lit. (constr.: “in aliqua re, alicul rei): ut saturae studiosius nidis immorentur,” Col. 8, 5, 14: “puer meridiano inmorans,” Plin. 9, 8, 8, § 25.—
II. Trop.: “ne terrenis immorer,” Quint. 2, 16, 6: “honestis cogitationibus,” Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 8: non exigo, ut immoriaris legationi, immorare, Auct. ap. Quint. 9, 3, 73: “non arbitror mihi in hoc immorandum, quid sit, etc.,” id. 11, 2, 4.
