mortuus, mortua, mortuum

Definitions for mortuus

Wheelock's Latin

Adjective

1
dead
English derivatives:
mortuary

Oxford Latin Dictionary

Adjective

1
Deprived of life, dead. (b) (masc. as sb.) a dead person; (esp. as regarded as existing after death in the Underworld). (c) (hyperb.) as good as dead (in another's eyes). (d) of or belonging to a dead person or persons.
2
Having no strength or vitality, limp, insensible, etc. (b) (of a show of enthusiasm) feeble, half-hearted.
3
Having no movement, still, fixed.
4
(of things) No longer in existence, over and done with.
5
Naturally lifeless, inanimate.

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Sentences with mortuus

Latin to English

Mortuī nōn mordent.Compare Dead men tell no tales.

Faciam ... ut aut vīvō mihi aut mortuō grātiās agās.Compare I will see to it that you will give thanks to me either dead or alive.

En memoria mortuus sodalis!Compare See his memory of his dead friend!

Is ignominia mortuus, egestas vivus afficio.Compare They inflicted disgrace on him when dead, poverty when alive.

Data sources

Notes

Definitions
Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 190.
P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1136.
Word frequencies
Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).

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Citation

Chicago (17th ed.)

Allo Contributors. "mortuus, mortua, mortuum (adj.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified September 9, 2023. Accessed November 25, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/mortuus-mortua-mortuum.