mora

Meaning

Noun

• A delay in bringing a claim.
• A unit used to measure lines and stanzas of poetry.
• A unit of syllable weight used in phonology, by which stress, foot structure, or timing of utterance is determined in some languages (e.g. Japanese).
• Any tree of the genus Mora of large South American trees.
• The common mora (Mora moro).
• Alternative of morra (finger-counting game)
• An ancient Spartan military unit of about a sixth of the Spartan army, typically composed of hoplites.

Related

Similar words

• ribaldo, goodly-eyed cod , googly-eyed cod

Origin

• From Latin mora ("duration of time, delay").
• New Latin from a botanical name, perhaps from Tupi.
• From the Ancient Greek μόρᾰ.