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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		dēmorārī			—			dēmorāns			—
future		dēmorātūrum esse			—			dēmorātūrus			dēmorandus
perfect		dēmorātum esse			—			dēmorātus			—
future perfect		dēmorātum fore			—			—			—
perfect potential		dēmorātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
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