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===verb transitive===

[[defer]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀναβάλλεσθαι]]; ([[Euripides]], ''[[Alcibiades]]'' 526), [[εἰς αὖθις ἀποτίθεσθαι]], [[prose|P.]] [[ἐπέχειν]] ([[Thucydides|Thuc.]] 5, 63), [[παρωθεῖσθαι]].

[[hinder]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[κωλύειν]], [[ἐμποδίζειν]]; see [[hinder]].

===verb intransitive===

[[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[μέλλειν]], [[ὀκνεῖν]], [[χρονίζειν]], [[σχολάζειν]], [[τρίβειν]], [[ἐπέχειν]], [[ἐπίσχειν]], [[βραδύνειν]] ([[Plato]], ''Polit.'' 277B), [[prose|P.]] [[διαμέλλειν]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[διατρίβειν]], [[verse|V.]] [[κατασχολάζειν]].

===substantive===

[[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[διατριβή]], ἡ, [[τριβή]], ἡ, [[μονή]], ἡ, [[ἕδρα]], ἡ, [[μελλήματα]], τά, [[prose|P.]] [[μέλλησις]], ἡ, [[ἐπιμονή]], ἡ, [[ἐπίσχεσις]], ἡ, [[verse|V.]] [[μελλώ]], ἡ ([[Aeschylus|Aesch.]], ''[[Agamemnon]]'' 1356).

[[hesitation]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ὄκνος]], ὁ.

[[postponement]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀναβολή]], ἡ, [[verse|V.]] [[ἀμβολή]], ἡ.
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