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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=morosus morosa, morosum ADJ :: [[hard to please]], [[persnickety]]
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>mŏrōsus</b>: a, um, adj. [[mora]],<br /><b>I</b> [[lingering]], [[slow]], [[slow]] in [[coming]] (lato Lat.): cui morosum videtur quodcunque futurum est, Cassiod. in Psa. 34, 20: [[iter]] fieri morosum [[quod]] ad celeritatem est [[inventum]], id. Var. 1, 29.<br /><b>mōrōsus</b>: a, um, adj. mos; cf. Cic. Tusc. 4, 24, 54,<br /><b>I</b> [[peevish]], [[fretful]], [[wayward]], [[capricious]], [[captious]], [[morose]] (syn.: [[tristis]], [[severus]], [[gravis]], [[difficilis]]; [[class]].): [[usque]] eo difficiles ac morosi sumus, ut nobis non satisfaciat [[ipse]] [[Demosthenes]], Cic. Or. 29, 104: at sunt morosi et anxii, et iracundi et difficiles senes, id. Sen. 18, 65: [[canities]], Hor. C. 1, 9, 17.—Of [[excessive]] [[care]]: [[circa]] corporis curam morosior, [[particular]], [[fastidious]], Suet. Caes. 45.—Of things concr. and abstr.: [[cupressus]] [[natu]] morosa, [[that]] grows [[with]] [[difficulty]], Plin. 16, 33, 60, § 139: [[morbus]], [[stubborn]], Ov. A. A. 2, 323: caelandi [[subtilitas]], [[anxious]], [[painful]], Plin. 35, prooem. § 1: si [[tibi]] morosa prurigine verminat [[auris]], Mart. 14, 23.—Hence, adv.: mōrōsē.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Peevishly, [[fretfully]], [[captiously]], [[morosely]] ([[class]].): [[morose]] ferre hominum ineptias, Cic. Brut. 67, 236.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Scrupulously, [[carefully]]: terram non [[morose]] legit, Plin. 18, 13, 34, § 128. —Comp.: [[pallium]] morosius ordinatum, Tert. Pall. 4.—Sup.: morosissime, Suet. Aug. 66.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=(1) <b>mōrōsus</b>,¹² a, um ([[mos]]),<br /><b>1</b> [[morose]], dont l’humeur [[est]] [[difficile]] : Cic. CM 65 ; Hor. O. 1, 9, 17 &#124;&#124; [[difficile]], exigeant, maussade : Cic. Or. 104 ; -ior Suet. Cæs. 45<br /><b>2</b> [en parl. des choses] [[difficile]], pénible : Plin. 16, 139 ; Ov. Ars 2, 323.<br />(2) <b>mŏrōsus</b>, a, um (mŏra), lent : Cassian. Coll. 17, 5.||[[difficile]], exigeant, maussade : Cic. Or. 104 ; -ior Suet. Cæs. 45<br /><b>2</b> [en parl. des choses] [[difficile]], pénible : Plin. 16, 139 ; Ov. Ars 2, 323.<br />(2) <b>mŏrōsus</b>, a, um (mŏra), lent : Cassian. Coll. 17, 5.
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{{Georges
|georg=(1) mōrōsus<sup>1</sup>, a, um ([[mos]]), [[voll]] besonderer Sitten, voller Eigenheiten, eigensinnig, [[eigen]], [[bald]] = [[streng]] am Herkömmlichen haltend, [[pedantisch]], [[bald]] = [[wunderlich]], [[launisch]], [[grämlich]], [[empfindlich]], a) v. Pers.: sunt morosi et difficiles senes, Cic.: m. [[canities]] ([[Alter]]), Hor.: [[quam]] sint morosi, [[qui]] amant, [[vel]] ex [[hoc]] intellegi potest, Cic.: [[inter]] hos morosum (Grämlichen) ponas, Sen.: nullā [[penitus]] disciplinā morosi, Firm.: morosior [[circa]] corporis curam, zu [[eigen]], Suet. Caes. 45, 2. – b) übtr., v. Lebl.: [[morbus]], hartnäckige, Ov.: [[cupressus]] [[natu]] morosa, [[schwer]] wachsend, Plin.: u. so [[aesculus]] [[minus]] morosa nasci, Plin.: m. fingendi [[subtilitas]], Plin.: orationis [[elegantia]] [[neque]] morosa [[neque]] [[anxia]] (peinigende), Gell.: [[lex]] m., [[schwer]] zu befriedigend, Sen. rhet.: [[prurigo]] m., Mart.: speculatoria morosissima, Tert. de coron. mil. 1.<br />'''(2)''' morōsus<sup>2</sup>, a, um ([[mora]]), [[voll]] [[Verzug]], [[lange]] aufgeschoben, [[reditus]], Cassian. coll. 17, 5.
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{{LaZh
|lnztxt=morosus, a, um. ''adj''. (''mora''.) :: 慢性者。Cypressus natu morosa 慢生之柏樹。<br />morosus, a, um. ''adj''. ''c''. ''s''. :: [[難足心]]。[[勒索者]]
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