temporise
temporise
v. intrans.
Come to terms: P. and V. συμβαίνειν.
Delay: P. and V. μέλλειν ; see delay.
Yield: P. and V. εἴκειν ; see yield.
v. intrans.
Come to terms: P. and V. συμβαίνειν.
Delay: P. and V. μέλλειν ; see delay.
Yield: P. and V. εἴκειν ; see yield.
TEMPORIZE
To delay Vid:
To comply with the times and occasions tempori servire: inservire temporibus ( Nep. Alc. 1 3): temporis causa facere aliquid (Nep. Att. 9 5; to accommodate one’s self or submit to the times to suit one’s self to circumstances): duabus sellis sedere (to play a double part).
To delay Vid:
To comply with the times and occasions tempori servire: inservire temporibus ( Nep. Alc. 1 3): temporis causa facere aliquid (Nep. Att. 9 5; to accommodate one’s self or submit to the times to suit one’s self to circumstances): duabus sellis sedere (to play a double part).
temporize:
I. To be a time-server: expr. by phr. with tempus: to t., tempori, temporibus servire, Cic. Sest. 6, 14; id. Fam. 10, 3, 3; assentiri, id. ib. 1, 9, 21: in so doing nobody could think he was t.ing, quae cum faciebat nemo eum temporis causa facere poterat existimare, Nep. Att. 9, 6: I have not t.d in any degree, nihil est a me inservitum temporis causa, Cic. Fam. 6, 12, 2: to be always t.ing, semper ex ancipiti mutatione temporum pendere, Curt. 4, 1, 27: to adopt a t.ing policy, fortunae applicare sua consilia, Liv. 32, 21, ad fin.
II. mŏror: to delay, put off: v.DELAY .
I. To be a time-server: expr. by phr. with tempus: to t., tempori, temporibus servire, Cic. Sest. 6, 14; id. Fam. 10, 3, 3; assentiri, id. ib. 1, 9, 21: in so doing nobody could think he was t.ing, quae cum faciebat nemo eum temporis causa facere poterat existimare, Nep. Att. 9, 6: I have not t.d in any degree, nihil est a me inservitum temporis causa, Cic. Fam. 6, 12, 2: to be always t.ing, semper ex ancipiti mutatione temporum pendere, Curt. 4, 1, 27: to adopt a t.ing policy, fortunae applicare sua consilia, Liv. 32, 21, ad fin.
II. mŏror: to delay, put off: v.