βραδύνω

A. ‐υνῶ LXX De. 7.10: aor. ἐβράδυνα Luc. Cont. 1, App. BC 1.69: plpf. ἐβεβραδύκειν Luc. Symp. 20: (βραδύς):

I. trans., make slow, delay, LXX Is. 46.13 :—Pass., to be delayed, τἀπὸ σοῦ βραδύνεται S. OC 1628; ἡ δ’ ὁδὸς βραδύνεται Id. El. 1501.

II. intr., loiter, delay, εἰ βραδύνοιμεν βοῇ A. Supp. 730 (so in Med., χεῖρα δ’ οὐ βραδύνεται . . ἁρπάσαι δόρυ Id. Th. 623); μὴ βράδυνε S. Ph. 1400; σπεύδων . . βραδύνω Pl. R. 528d: c. inf., Polyaen. 1.48.4; βραδύνει σοι τοῦτο; are you slow, slack in this ? Philostr. Im. 1.6.