I. Act., to make slow, to hinder, delay, retard, impede, prevent (freq. and class.; “syn.: remoror, impedio): aut impedire profectionem aut certe tardare,” Cic. Fam. 7, 5, 1: “cursum,” id. Tusc. 1, 31, 75: “pedes (alta harena),” Ov. H. 10, 20: “alas,” Hor. C. 2, 17, 25: “at non tardatus casu neque territus heros,” Verg. A. 5, 453: “tardante sagittā Interdum genua impediunt,” id. ib. 12, 746: “nos Etesiae vehementissime tardarunt,” Cic. Att. 6, 8, 4: “celeritatem insequendi,” Hirt. B. G. 8, 14: “palus Romanos ad insequendum tardabat,” Caes. B. G. 7, 26: “quas non altitudo montis tardare potuisset,” id. ib. 7, 52; 3, 70; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 57, § 130: “tormentorum administrationem,” Caes. B. C. 2, 2: “impetum hostium,” id. B. G. 2, 25: “impetum,” id. ib. 7, 46; id. B. C. 1, 27: “studia alicujus,” Cic. Or. 1, 3: “illum in persequendi studio maeror, hos laetitia tardavit,” id. Imp. Pomp. 9, 22: “aliquem socors ipsius natura,” id. Brut. 68, 239: “vereor, ne exercitus nostri tardentur animis,” id. Phil. 11, 10, 24: “me ratio pudoris a praesentis laude tardaret,” id. Caecin. 27, 77.—With inf.: “propius adire tardari,” Caes. B. C. 2, 43.—
II. Neutr., to tarry, loiter, linger, delay (very rare; “syn.: cunctor, moror): tu mitte mihi quaeso obviam litteras, numquid putes rei publicae nomine tardandum esse nobis,” Cic. Att. 6, 7, 2: “fuci tardantes,” Plin. 11, 11, 11, § 27: “mors non tardat,” Vulg. Ecclus. 14, 12; id. Exod. 22, 29; id. Heb. 10, 37.
