Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1136.mortālis on page 1136
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mortālis mortal
mortālis is a Latin Adjective that primarily means mortal.
Definitions for mortālis
Wheelock's Latin
Adjective
- 1
mortal
English derivatives:
mortality immortality
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Adjective
- 1
Subject to death, mortal.
- 2
Of belonging to, or appropriate to men (as opposed to gods), human, mortal. (b) of human origin or construction. (c) (neut. pl. as sb.) the activities or fortunes of mankind.
- 3
(of things) Subject to decay and destruction, perishable, transient.
Sentences with mortālis
Latin to English
Ō virgō, nōn tibi est vultus mortālis.Compare O maiden, you do not have the face of a mortal.
Nihil arduum mortālibus est; caelum ipsum stultitiā petimus.Compare Nothing is (too) arduous for mortals; we seek the sky itself in our folly.
Humana ante oculos foede cum vita iaceret in terris oppresa gravi sub religione quae caput a caeli regionibus ostendebat horribili super aspectu mortalibus instans, primum Graius homo mortalis tollere contra est oculos ausus primusquue obsistere contra.Compare When man's life lay for all to see foully groveling upon the ground, crushed beneath the weight of Religion, which displayed her head in the regions of heaven, threatening mortals from on high with horrible aspect, a man of Greece was the first that dared to uplift mortal eyes against her, the first to make stand against her.
Sic habeto, non esse te mortalem, sed corpus hoc; nec enim tu is es, quem forma ista declarat, sed mens cuiusque is est quisqe, non ea figura, quae digito demonstrari potest.Compare Be sure that it is not you that is mortal, but only your body. For that man whom your outward form reveals is not yourself; the spirit is the true self, not that physical figure which can be pointed out by your finger.
Sic rerum summa novatur semper, et inter se mortales mutua vivunt. augescunt aliae gentes. aliae minuuntur, inque brevi spatio mutantur saecla animantum et quasi cursores vitai lampada traduntCompare Thus the sum of things is everbeing renewed, and mortal creatures live dependent one upon another. Some nations increase, others diminish, and in a short space the generations of living creatures are changed and like runners pass on the torch of life.
Defendo multus mortalis, multus civitas, Sicilia totus.Compare I defend many men, many states, all Sicily.
En omne sub regnum Remi mortale concessit genus, idem loquuntur dissoni ritus, it ipsum sentiunt. Hoc destinatum quo magis ius Christiani nominis quodcumque terrarum iacet uno inligaret vinculo.Compare Lo, the whole human race has come under the rule of Remus: men of different ways of life now speak and think alike. This was preordained so that the rightful authority of the Christian name might unite in one bond all lands.
Deus est mortali iuvare mortalem.Compare For mortal to aid mortal - this is God.
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 119.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1136.
- 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).
Bibliography
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Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
Francese, Christopher. "Latin Core Vocabulary." Dickinson College Commentaries. Last modified 2014. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "mortālis, mortāle (adj.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/mortalis-mortale.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 119.mortālis mortāle on page 119
