reprieve
reprieve
v. trans.
Put off: P. and V. ἀ̆νᾰβάλλεσθαι.
v. trans.
Put off: P. and V. ἀ̆νᾰβάλλεσθαι.
reprieve
subs.
Putting off: P. and V. ἀ̆νᾰβολή, ἡ, V. ἀμβολή, ἡ.
Breathing space: P. and V. ἀ̆ναπνοή, ἡ, V. ἀμπνοή, ἡ.
subs.
Putting off: P. and V. ἀ̆νᾰβολή, ἡ, V. ἀμβολή, ἡ.
Breathing space: P. and V. ἀ̆ναπνοή, ἡ, V. ἀμπνοή, ἡ.
REPRIEVE
s. mora mortis (e.g. non modo effugium sed ne moram quidem mortis assequi potuit Cic.). ImPROP. dilatio etc. To beg for a reprieve dilationem petere (of a debtor): to grant him a few days’ reprieve paucos dies ad solvendum prorogare.
s. mora mortis (e.g. non modo effugium sed ne moram quidem mortis assequi potuit Cic.). ImPROP. dilatio etc. To beg for a reprieve dilationem petere (of a debtor): to grant him a few days’ reprieve paucos dies ad solvendum prorogare.
v. *moram mortis alicui concedere or dare (mora mortis Cic.). To be reprieved moram mortis assequi (Cic.).
reprieve (subs.): expr. by mora (mortis, supplicii), Cic. Verr. 5, 64 (q. v.): to obtain a r.: moram mortis assequi, id. ib.: or by dīlātio: v. RESPITE .
reprieve (v.): to r. a criminal, perh. *dies (paucos) prorogare damnato; breve vitae spatium indulgere: v. preced. art., and RESPITE .