χρονοτριβέω

A. waste time, loiter, Arist. Rh. 1406a37, Leonid. ap. Plu. 2.225b, Act.Ap. 20.16, Men.Prot.p.21 D.:—Med., UPZ 39.29 (ii B. C.).

2. c. acc., χ. τὸν πόλεμον protract the war, Plu. Cat.Mi. 53, Eun. Hist. p.242 D.