remora

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

rĕ-mŏra, ae, f.,

delay , hinderance , passive resistance (ante- and post-class.): quae Remoram faciunt rei privatae et publicae, Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 16; cf. Lucil. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 276, 8 Müll.: remora si sit, if I delay , Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 106: remorā ausus miserabiles casus levare multorum, Amm. 14, 5, 8 (but in Cels. 7, 15, the correct read. is mora).

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