loiter Copy link Outline 1. cesso, 1 (to be idle, dilatory)2. cunctor, 1 (to linger, be slack in action). Cic.3. mŏror, 1 (to tarry, stay) • loiter: 1. cesso, 1 (to be idle, dilatory): if the letter-carriers do not l., si tabellarii non cessarint, Cic. Prov. Cons. 7, 15: Ter. 2. cunctor, 1 (to linger, be slack in action). Cic.: Liv.: v. to delay (II.). 3. mŏror, 1 (to tarry, stay): v. to linger, stay. Prone to l., cessātor, f. -trix: Hor. S. 2, 7, 100.