morior, moriri, moritus sum:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · variant: 4th · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Age:
- Early
die; expire, pass/die/wither away/out; decay; (FUT ACT PPL only, moriturus);
Conjugations
Finite Forms
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | morior | morimur |
| 2 | moriris | morimini |
| 3 | moritur | moriuntur |
Infinitives
| Voice | Tense | Forms |
|---|---|---|
| passive | present | moriri |
Imperatives
passive
present
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | morire | morimini |
future
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | moritor | — |
| 3 | moritor | moriuntor |
Participles
Perfect Passive Participle
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | moritus | moriti |
| Gen. | moriti | moritorum |
| Dat. | morito | — |
| Acc. | moritum | moritos |
| Voc. | morite | moriti |
| Abl. | morito | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | morita | moritae |
| Gen. | moritae | moritarum |
| Dat. | moritae | — |
| Acc. | moritam | moritas |
| Voc. | morita | moritae |
| Abl. | morita | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | moritum | morita |
| Gen. | moriti | moritorum |
| Dat. | morito | — |
| Acc. | moritum | morita |
| Voc. | moritum | morita |
| Abl. | morito | — |
Supines
accusative: moritum; ablative: moritu
Examples
- T
Pseudolus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...pedes. Pseudolus fuit ipsus. actumst de me. iam morior, Simo. HAR. Hercle te hau sinam emoriri, nisi..." - T
Mercator
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...divorsus distrahor. cur ego vivo? cur non morior? quid mihist in vita boni? certumst, ibo ad medicum atque..." - C
Epaminondas
Cornelius Nepos
"...postquam audivit, 'Satis' inquit 'vixi; invictus enim morior.' Tum ferro extracto confestim exanimatus est. Hic uxorem numquam duxit..." - L
Hercules [Oetaeus]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...equos, emitte noctem: pereat hic mundo dies quo morior, atra nube inhorrescat polus; obsta nouercae. nunc, pater, caecum..." - M
XVII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...occursum~ quem mihi videbar exasperare praesentia, exorare, dum morior, et tamquam novissimi ambitus genus excogitavi..." - M
IV
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...novo mihi inauditoque opus est ambitu: ~ malorum~ nisi morior, periclitor, ideo videor causas reddidisse, ut contradiceret pater..." 
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...illum, pallidus Inachiis qui desuper inminet Argis, dum morior, dispelle globum." sors aequa merentes respicit. ardentem tenuit reuerentia..."- P
Amores III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...dubitas famae parcere, parce mihi! mens abit et morior quotiens peccasse fateris, perque meos artus frigida gutta fluit..."