33.1-2 Is this a predicative dative?

[Phoebus Apollo]

ut deinde pinna argentea dentes perfodit, 'amici,' inquit 'nondum mihi suave erat in triclinium venire, sed ne diutius absentivus morae vobis essem, omnem voluptatem mihi negavit
Petronius' Satyricon chapter 33.1-2



Is the bit in bold a predicative dative (specifically the 'morae vobis essem')? - literally: so that I, being absent, did not cause delay for you any longer ie so that my absence did not delay you any longer.

 

[Pacifica]

Yes.

But I think I would take diutius to modify absentivus (like "absent for too long").

 

[Phoebus Apollo]

Yes.

But I think I would take diutius to modify absentivus (like "absent for too long").

thanks very much