English → Latin
“mortal” in Latin
mortālismortal (subject to death).mortiferdeadly, fatal, lethalhūmānushuman (of man, people); humane, kind, philanthropic; cultured, refinedhomō̆human, person, man; male human being, man; term of address to male peers, especially by another man: man, fellow, mate, cūnctuscollectively; all together; the whole, entirelētiferdeadly, fatal; death-dealingextrēmusfarthest, outermost, extreme; coming at the end, last, final, ultimate; extreme in degree, intenseimplācābilisunappeasable, implacable; irreconcilable
The English word mortal itself goes back to Latin mors, through mortālis.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
mortal
Subject to death, mortalis; morti obnoxius: mortals, homines, mortales (☞ m the best prose only in connection with omnes, cuncti, multi not for homines, general term).
Deadly, destructive, mortifer (☞ letalis or letifer, poetical).
Extreme (a vulgar acceptation of the word); by superlatives: a mortal enemy, hostis capitalis, infensissimus, implacabilis.
Human, humanus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for mortal?
- The usual Latin words for “mortal” are mortālis, mortifer, hūmānus; also homō̆, cūnctus, lētifer. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.