Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1134.morior on page 1134
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morī to die
morī is a Latin Verb that primarily means to die.
Definitions for morī
Wheelock's Latin
Verb
- 1
to die
- 2
fut. act. part. moritūrus
English derivatives:
moribund mortuary
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Verb
- 1
To die. (b) (w. cause or instrument expr.). (c) (w. exprs. denoting the circumstances of death). (d) (of parts of the body; also transf., of utterances). (e) (in exprs. denoting that death is preferable to another specified event; esp. colloq.) ~iar si (nisi), may I die..!
- 2
(hyberb.) To be like one dead, faint, languish.
- 3
(of plants) To become dead, wither, die off.
- 4
(of things, often with some degree of personification) To be destroyed or spoilt, decay, perish. (b) (of fires or lights) to be extinguished, go out, die; (of daylight) to fade away.
- 5
(of abstract things) To cease to exist, fail; (topog., of a line) to come to an end, terminate. (b) (of a word) to become obsolete, fall into disuse; (of a lawsuit) to become void through failure to act within a specified time.
Sentences with morī
Latin to English
Aut vincere aut mori.Compare Either conquer or die.
Nisi morī vīs, patere haec mala.Compare If you do not wish to die, endure these evils.
Sī quis vīnō eius generis ūtī audeat, celeriter moriātur.Compare If anyone should dare to use wine of that sort, he would quickly die.
Moriamur, et in media arma ruamus.Compare Let us die, and let us rush into the middle of the battle.
Aruns morior, nec diu maneo superstes filius pater.Compare Aruns dies, nor does the father long remain to survive the son.
Conjugation table for morī
Cactus2000
| ACTIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| morior moreris moritur morimur moriminī moriuntur | moriēbar moriēbāris moriēbātur moriēbāmur moriēbāminī moriēbantur |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| mortuus sum mortuus es mortuus est mortuī sumus mortuī estis mortuī sunt | mortuus eram mortuus erās mortuus erat mortuī erāmus mortuī erātis mortuī erant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| moriar moriēris moriētur moriēmur moriēminī morientur | mortuus erō mortuus eris mortuus erit mortuī erimus mortuī eritis mortuī erunt |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| moriar moriāris moriātur moriāmur moriāminī moriantur | morerer morerēris morerētur morerēmur morerēminī morerentur |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| mortuus sim mortuus sīs mortuus sit mortuī sīmus mortuī sītis mortuī sint | mortuus essem mortuus essēs mortuus esset mortuī essēmus mortuī essētis mortuī essent |
Infinitive present morī Infinitive perfect mortuum esse Infinitive future moritūrum esse | Imperative present morere moriminī Imperative future morito / moritor morito / moritor - moriunto / moriuntor |
| PARTICIPLE | ||
| Participle present active | ||
| moriēns | morientēs | |
| moriēns | morientēs | |
| moriēns | morientēs | |
| moriēns | morientēs | |
| moriēns | morientēs | |
| Participle future active | ||
| moritūrus | moritūrī | |
| moritūrus | moritūrī | |
| moritūrus | moritūrī | |
| moritūrus | moritūrī | |
| moritūrus | moritūrī | |
| Participle perfect passive | ||
| mortuus | mortuī | |
| mortuus | mortuī | |
| mortuus | mortuī | |
| mortuus | mortuī | |
| mortuus | mortuī | |
| Gerundive | ||
| moriendus | moriendī | |
| moriendus | moriendī | |
| moriendus | moriendī | |
| moriendus | moriendī | |
| moriendus | moriendī | |
| Gerund | Supine | |
| morī | mortuum | |
| morī | mortuū | |
| morī | ||
| morī | ||
| morī | ||
| PARTICIPLE | ||
| Participle present active | ||
| Nom. | moriēns | morientēs |
| Gen. | morientis | morientium |
| Dat. | morientī | morientibus |
| Acc. | morientem | morientēs |
| Abl. | moriente | morientibus |
| Participle future active | ||
| Nom. | moritūrus | moritūrī |
| Gen. | moritūrī | moritūrōrum |
| Dat. | moritūrō | moritūrīs |
| Acc. | moritūrum | moritūrōs |
| Abl. | moritūrō | moritūrīs |
| Participle perfect passive | ||
| Nom. | mortuus | mortuī |
| Gen. | mortuī | mortuōrum |
| Dat. | mortuō | mortuīs |
| Acc. | mortuum | mortuōs |
| Abl. | mortuō | mortuīs |
| Gerundive | ||
| Nom. | moriendus | moriendī |
| Gen. | moriendī | moriendōrum |
| Dat. | moriendō | moriendīs |
| Acc. | moriendum | moriendōs |
| Abl. | moriendō | moriendīs |
| Gerund | Supine | |
| Nom. | morī | mortuum |
| Gen. | moriendī | mortuū |
| Dat. | moriendō | |
| Acc. | moriendum | |
| Abl. | moriendō | |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 239.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1134.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 121.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "morior, morī, mortuus sum, moritūrus (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/morior-mori-mortuus-sum.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 239.morior, morī, mortuus sum on page 239
