The corpus record — Latin

dilatio

dilatio · f

a putting off, delaying, deferring

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Where it lives

De Brevitate Vitae 2 · 3.24/10k
De Baptismo 1 · 2.34/10k
De vita Hadriani 1 · 1.95/10k
De Imperio Cn. Pompei Ad Quirites 1 · 1.5/10k
De Ira 3 · 1.35/10k
Nero 1 · 1.28/10k
Florida 1 · 1.27/10k
De Clementia 1 · 1.2/10k
De Consolatione ad Marciam 1 · 1.19/10k
Letters 6 · 0.93/10k
Fabulae Aesopiae 1 · 0.91/10k
Metamorphoses 4 · 0.75/10k

Densest 12 of 28 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

dīlātĭo — Lewis & Short

dīlātĭo, ōnis, f.differo, B. 3.,

I a putting off, delaying, deferring (good prose).

(a) With gen.: temporis, Cic. Phil. 3, 1, 2: comitiorum, id. de Imp. Pomp. 1, 2: belli, Liv. 9, 43; 45: foederis, id. 9, 5: exitii, Tac. A. 6, 4 fin. al.—

(b) Absol.: alter (consul) nullam dilationem patiebatur, Liv. 21, 52; 7, 14; 40, 57; Sen. de Ira, 3, 12: solatium dilationis et morae, Suet. Ner. 15; Vulg. Act. 25, 17 al.; in plur., Liv. 5, 5; Vell. 2, 79, al.—Esp. law t. t., the adjournment of a legal hearing or judgment: Cassius, interpellatis judicibus, dilationem petiit, Suet. Gram. 22.—

II The interval: spatiosa, Apul. M. 11, p. 262, 28.

Where it came from

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