demoror

Latin

Etymology

dē- +‎ moror

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈdeː.mo.ror/, [ˈd̪eːmɔrɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈde.mo.ror/, [ˈd̪ɛːmoror]

Verb

dēmoror (present infinitive dēmorārī, perfect active dēmorātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

1. to detain or hold up
2. to delay or linger

Conjugation

Conjugation of dēmoror (first conjugation, deponent)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēmoror	dēmorāris, dēmorāre	dēmorātur	dēmorāmur	dēmorāminī	dēmorantur
	imperfect	dēmorābar	dēmorābāris, dēmorābāre	dēmorābātur	dēmorābāmur	dēmorābāminī	dēmorābantur
	future	dēmorābor	dēmorāberis, dēmorābere	dēmorābitur	dēmorābimur	dēmorābiminī	dēmorābuntur
	perfect	dēmorātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	dēmorātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	dēmorātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēmorer	dēmorēris, dēmorēre	dēmorētur	dēmorēmur	dēmorēminī	dēmorentur
	imperfect	dēmorārer	dēmorārēris, dēmorārēre	dēmorārētur	dēmorārēmur	dēmorārēminī	dēmorārentur
	perfect	dēmorātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	dēmorātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	dēmorāre	—	—	dēmorāminī	—
	future	—	dēmorātor	dēmorātor	—	—	dēmorantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		dēmorārī	dēmorātum esse	dēmorātūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		dēmorāns	dēmorātus	dēmorātūrus	—	—	dēmorandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		dēmorandī	dēmorandō	dēmorandum	dēmorandō	dēmorātum	dēmorātū

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: dimorare
  • Sicilian: dimurari, addimurari
• Oïl:
  • Old French: demorer
    • → English: demur
    • French: demeurer
  • Walloon: dimorer
• Occitan: demorar
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Catalan: demorar
  • Portuguese: demorar
  • Spanish: demorar

References

• “demoror”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “demoror”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• demoror in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • not to be prolix: ne diutius vos demorer