delay

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verb transitive

defer: P. and V. ἀναβάλλεσθαι; (Euripides, Alcibiades 526), εἰς αὖθις ἀποτίθεσθαι, P. ἐπέχειν (Thuc. 5, 63), παρωθεῖσθαι.

hinder: P. and V. κωλύειν, ἐμποδίζειν; see hinder.

verb intransitive

P. and V. μέλλειν, ὀκνεῖν, χρονίζειν, σχολάζειν, τρίβειν, ἐπέχειν, ἐπίσχειν, βραδύνειν (Plato, Polit. 277B), P. διαμέλλειν, Ar. and P. διατρίβειν, V. κατασχολάζειν.

substantive

P. and V. διατριβή, ἡ, τριβή, ἡ, μονή, ἡ, ἕδρα, ἡ, μελλήματα, τά, P. μέλλησις, ἡ, ἐπιμονή, ἡ, ἐπίσχεσις, ἡ, V. μελλώ, ἡ (Aesch., Agamemnon 1356).

hesitation: P. and V. ὄκνος, ὁ.

postponement: P. and V. ἀναβολή, ἡ, V. ἀμβολή, ἡ.