morosus

Latin > English

morosus morosa, morosum ADJ :: hard to please, persnickety

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 || difficile, exigeant, maussade : Cic. Or. 104 ; -ior Suet. Cæs. 45
2 [en parl. des choses] difficile, pénible : Plin. 16, 139 ; Ov. Ars 2, 323.
(2) mŏrōsus, a, um (mŏra), lent : Cassian. Coll. 17, 5.

Latin > German (Georges)

(1) mōrōsus¹, 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.
(2) morōsus², a, um (mora), voll Verzug, lange aufgeschoben, reditus, Cassian. coll. 17, 5.

Latin > Chinese

morosus, a, um. adj. (mora.) :: 慢性者。Cypressus natu morosa 慢生之柏樹。
morosus, a, um. adj. c. s. :: 難足心。勒索者