reprieve (subs.) Copy link • reprieve (subs.): expr. by mora (mortis, supplicii), Cic. Verr. 5, 64 (q. v.): to obtain a r.: moram mortis assequi, id. ib.: or by dīlātio: v. respite.
reprieve (v.) Copy link • reprieve (v.): to r. a criminal, perh. *dies (paucos) prorogare damnato; breve vitae spatium indulgere: v. preced. art., and respite.
REPRIEVE Copy link • REPRIEVE 1. s. mora mortis (e.g., non modo effugium sed ne moram quidem mortis assequi potuit, Cic.). ImPROP., dilatio, etc. To beg for a reprieve, dilationem petere (of a debtor): to grant him a few days’ reprieve, paucos dies ad solvendum prorogare. 2. v. *moram mortis alicui concedere or dare (mora mortis, Cic.). To be reprieved, moram mortis assequi (Cic.).