mori
Dictionary entries
- Entry →morior, mori, mortuus sum:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
die, expire, pass/die/wither away/out; fail, come to an end; decay;; perish; become obsolete (word), fall into disuse; be forgotten;; become obsolete (word), fall into disuse; be forgotten; faint, languish;; become void/moot (lawsuit); be extinguished (fire/light), go out;
pres. infin. - Entry →morus, mori:
Feminine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
black mulberry tree;
gen. sg.loc. sg.nom. pl.voc. pl. - Entry →morum, mori:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
mulberry; fruit of the black mulberry;
gen. sg.loc. sg. - Entry →mos, moris:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
custom, habit; mood, manner, fashion; character (pl.), behavior, morals;
dat. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
Aeneid IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...Dirae. Ergo ubi concepit furias evicta dolore decrevitque mori, tempus secum ipsa modumque exigit, et maestam dictis adgressa..."Aeneid XI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...duro stipitibus ferrum sudibusque imitantur obustis praecipites, primaeque mori pro moenibus ardent. Interea Turnum in silvis saevissimus implet..."Aeneid XII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...Turnum fugientem haec terra videbit? usque adeone mori miserum est? vos o mihi, Manes, este boni, quoniam superis..."Ecloga II
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Ecologues
"...Alexi, nihil mea carmina curas? nil nostri miserere? mori me denique cogis? nunc etiam pecudes umbras et frigora..."Ecloga VI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Ecologues
"...Aegle. Aegle, Naiadum pulcherrima, iamque uidenti sanguineis frontem moris et tempora pingit. Ille dolum ridens: "Quo uincula nectitis..."Liber Secundus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...digna populo Romano, omnia pericula pro re publica, mori pro patria, haec cum loqueris, nos barones stupemus..."Liber Quartus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...eadem esse in causa, qua tyrannum Dionysium; huic mori optimum esse propter desperationem sapientiae, illi propter spem vivere..."Aeneid III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...hostilem ad tumulum Troiae sub moenibus altis iussa mori, quae sortitus non pertulit ullos nec victoris heri tetigit..."
