Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1132.mora on page 1132
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mora delay
mora is a Latin Noun that primarily means delay.
Definitions for mora
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
delay
English derivatives:
moraturium demur
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
Time which elapses before an event takes place, loss of time, delay (b) (and sim.) to cause delay, waste time. (c) (ellipt.) there is no delay, no time is lost. (d) without delay, at once. (e) it is a waste of time, it will take too long.
- 2
An intervening period, interval, delay. (b) a pause in speaking; (in theatrical performance) an action intended to fill such a pause. (c) in the meanwhile.
- 3
The time taken by something, time necessary or needed.
Sentences with mora
Latin to English
Sine morā cūram officiō dare dēbēmus.Compare We ought to give attention to duty without delay.
Hāc fāmā narrātā, dux urbem since morā relīquit.Compare When (since, etc.) this rumor has been reported, the leader left the city without delay.
Difficilis ... in perfecto mora est, naturaliterque quod procedere non potest, recedit.Compare To stand still on the summit of perfection is difficult, and in the natural course of things, what cannot go forward slips back.
Mulier profecto natast ex ipsa Mora!Compare Woman is certainly the daughter of Delay personified!
Declension table for mora
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | mora | morae |
| Gen. | morae | morārum |
| Dat. | morae | morīs |
| Acc. | moram | morās |
| Abl. | morā | morīs |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 28.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1132.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 123.
Bibliography
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Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. 6th ed. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing, 2008.
Delatte, Louis, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard. Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language]. Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège (L.A.S.L.A.), 1981.
Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
Francese, Christopher. "Latin Core Vocabulary." Dickinson College Commentaries. Last modified 2014. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list.
Gildersleeve, Basil L., and Gonzales Lodge. Gildersleeve's Latin Grammar: Third Edition, Revised, and Enlarged. 3rd ed. London, England: Macmillan and Co., 1903.
Glare, Peter G.W. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Vols. 1-8. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1982.
Krüger, Bernd. "Latin Conjugation Tables." Cactus2000. Accessed May 5, 2023. https://latin.cactus2000.de/index.en.php.
Pierson, Nick. "Sound of Text." Accessed October 26, 2019. https://soundoftext.com.
Wheelock, Frederick M. Wheelock's Latin. 6th ed. Revised by Richard A. LaFleur. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005.
Wiktionary Contributors. "Victionarium." Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Updated March 18, 2019. https://la.wiktionary.org/wiki/Victionarium:Pagina_prima.
Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "mora, morae (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/mora-morae.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 28.mora, morae on page 28
