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
- P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - M
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..." - M
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..." - P
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..."
