impedimentum (a hindrance): mora (a cause of delay): difficultas (difficulty; ☞ avoid the unclassical obstaculum and obstantia, although the latter occurs in Vitr.): to put an obstacle in the way, to be an obstacle, impedimento esse alicui rei; impedimentum inferre (Cic.); impedimentum afferre (Tac.); moram afferre, offerre (Cic.); in mora esse (Terentianus); obstare, officere, obesse alicui (Cic.): to remove obstacles, amoliri (of obstacles; also with addition of e medio, with labor and difficulty): to conquer obstacles, impedimenta superare; ea, quae obstant, transcendere (to overcome them): amoliri, quae impedimento sunt (remove them by great exertions; after Ter., And., 4, 2, 24).