morosus
μακάριοι οἱ πτωχοί τῷ πνεύματι ὄτι αὐτῶν ἐστὶν ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν → blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 5:3)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
mŏrōsus: a, um, adj. mora,
I 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.
mōrōsus: a, um, adj. mos; cf. Cic. Tusc. 4, 24, 54,
I 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.
1 Peevishly, fretfully, captiously, morosely (class.): morose ferre hominum ineptias, Cic. Brut. 67, 236.—
2 Scrupulously, carefully: terram non morose legit, Plin. 18, 13, 34, § 128. —Comp.: pallium morosius ordinatum, Tert. Pall. 4.—Sup.: morosissime, Suet. Aug. 66.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) mōrōsus,¹² a, um (mos),
1 morose, dont l’humeur est difficile : Cic. CM 65 ; Hor. O. 1, 9, 17
