stay (v.) Copy link Outline A. Intrans.1. măneo, nsi, nsum, 22. mŏror, ātus, 13. commŏror, ātus, 1B. Trans. • stay (v.): A. Intrans.: to continue in a place: 1. măneo, nsi, nsum, 2: whether they s. or set forth, seu maneant seu proficiscantur, Caes. B. G. 5, 30: to s. at home, domi m., ib. 4, 1. 2. mŏror, ātus, 1: you s.'d at Brundusium, Brundusii moratus es, Cic. Fam. 15, 17. 3. commŏror, ātus, 1: I s.'d at Ephesus, Ephesi commoratus sum, ib. 3, 5: to s. at Pelorum, ad Pelorum c., id. Verr. 5, 36, 95. Phr.: the senators are not accustomed to s. away, senatores deesse non solent, id. Phil. 1, 5, 12: to s. in camp, tenere se in castris, Liv. 2, 45. B. Trans.: to delay, obstruct, stop: mŏror, 1: dēmŏror, 1: dētĭneo, 2: v. delay, stop.