• while (
subs.): tempus, spătium, mŏra:
v. time.
Phr..
hold your peace for a little w., tace parumper, Pl. Curc. 2, 3, 78:
Milo delayed for a little w., Milo paullisper commoratus est,
Cic. Mil. 10, 28:
I have been speaking a long w., diu loquor, Pl. Ps. 2, 3, 21:
the crime was committed a great w. ago, scelus factumst jam diu, Pl. Most. 2, 2, 45:
a little w. after, paullo post,
Cic. Fam. 16, 5, 2:
a good w. after, aliquanto post,
id. Caec. 4., 11:
in a little w., in brevi spatio,
Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 2:
that I might see you after so long a w., ut te tanto intervallo viderem,
Cic. Fam. 15, 14, 2:
in the mean w. Munatius comes, interim venit Munatius,
id. Fam. 10, 12, 2:
worth w., operae pretium,
Cic.:
Liv.