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mōrōsus , a, um, adj. mos; cf. Cic. Tusc. 4, 24, 54,
I.peevish, fretful, wayward, capricious, captious, morose (syn.: tristis, severus, gravis, difficilis; “class.): usque eo difficiles ac morosi sumus, ut nobis non satisfaciat ipse Demosthenes,Cic. Or. 29, 104: “at sunt morosi et anxii, et iracundi et difficiles senes,id. Sen. 18, 65: “canities,Hor. C. 1, 9, 17.—Of excessive care: “circa corporis curam morosior,particular, fastidious, Suet. Caes. 45.—Of things concr. and abstr.: “cupressus natu morosa,that grows with difficulty, Plin. 16, 33, 60, § 139: “morbus,stubborn, Ov. A. A. 2, 323: “caelandi subtilitas,anxious, painful, Plin. 35, prooem. § 1:“ si tibi morosa prurigine verminat auris,Mart. 14, 23.—Hence, adv.: mōrōsē .
1. Peevishly, fretfully, captiously, morosely (class.): “morose ferre hominum ineptias,Cic. Brut. 67, 236.—
2. Scrupulously, carefully: “terram non morose legit,Plin. 18, 13, 34, § 128. —Comp.: “pallium morosius ordinatum,Tert. Pall. 4.—Sup.: “morosissime,Suet. Aug. 66.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (9):
    • Suetonius, Divus Augustus, 66
    • Suetonius, Divus Julius, 45
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 35
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 18.128
    • Cicero, De Senectute, 18
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 4.24
    • Martial, Epigrammata, 14.23
    • Cicero, Brutus, 67.236
    • Cicero, Orator, 29.104
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