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com-mŏror (conm- ), ātus, 1,
I.v. dep. n. and a. (act. access. form ‡ commŏro , āre, acc. to Prisc. p. 797 P.).
I. Neutr.
A. Prop., to stop somewhere, to tarry, linger, abide, sojourn, remain, stay (class.; “most freq. in Cic. (about thirty times) and in Quint.): Romae,Cic. Quint. 6, 23; id. Att. 5, 12, 3: “Ephesi,id. Fam. 3, 5, 5: “Asturae,id. ib. 6, 19, 2: “Brundisii,Suet. Aug. 17: “ibidem,Cic. Clu. 13, 37: “hic,Quint. 4, 2, 22: “ad Helorum,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 36, § 95 (ad Cybistra, id. Fam. 15, 4, 6; B. and K. moratus): circum istaec loca, Pompon. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12, C, 1: “apud aliquem,Cic. Imp. Pomp. 5, 13: “apud Alyziam,id. Fam. 16, 3, 1: “in tam miserā vitā,id. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 6.—Absol.: “Milo paulisper, dum se uxor comparat, commoratus est,Cic. Mil. 10, 28: “commorandi natura devorsorium nobis, non habitandi locum dedit,id. Sen. 23, 84: “quaesivit... an tardare ac commorari te melius esset,id. ad Brut. 1, 18, 1: “paulisper consistere et commorari,id. Rosc. Com. 16, 48; Suet. Tib. 11.—Of things: “commorantes menses trahere,bring in, Plin. 22, 25, 71, § 147.—
II. Act., to stop, detain, retard one (ante- and post-class.).— “Prop.: an te auspicium conmoratum est?Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 58: “me nunc conmoror, has foris quom non ferio,id. Ps. 4, 7, 35: “cantharum,id. Men. 1, 2, 64; Sen. Contr. 2, 14, 10; Isid. Orig. 11, 3, 31.
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