adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective
immortālis
immortālis (neuter immortāle, adverb immortāliter)
Classical[ɪm.mɔrˈtaː.lɪs]Ecclesiastical[im.morˈtaː.lis]
Mille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- two terminationimmortal, undying, not subject to death.
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
quī morī nōn potest; deī immortālēs.immortālis -e — in Mille Verba, Deī et Sacra
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | immortālis inmortālis | immortālis inmortālis | immortāle inmortāle |
| genitive | immortālis inmortālis | immortālis inmortālis | immortālis inmortālis |
| dative | immortālī inmortālī | immortālī inmortālī | immortālī inmortālī |
| accusative | immortālem inmortālem | immortālem inmortālem | immortāle inmortāle |
| ablative | immortālī inmortālī | immortālī inmortālī | immortālī inmortālī |
| vocative | immortālis inmortālis | immortālis inmortālis | immortāle inmortāle |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | immortālēs inmortālēs | immortālēs inmortālēs | immortālia inmortālia |
| genitive | immortālium inmortālium | immortālium inmortālium | immortālium inmortālium |
| dative | immortālibus inmortālibus | immortālibus inmortālibus | immortālibus inmortālibus |
| accusative | immortālīs immortālēs, inmortālēs, inmortālīs | immortālīs immortālēs, inmortālēs, inmortālīs | immortālia inmortālia |
| ablative | immortālibus inmortālibus | immortālibus inmortālibus | immortālibus inmortālibus |
| vocative | immortālēs inmortālēs | immortālēs inmortālēs | immortālia inmortālia |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- grates agere (dis immortalibus)
- to give thanks to heaven.
- aliquem immortali gloria afficere
- to confer undying fame on, immortalise some one.
- grates, laudes agere dis immortalibus
- to thank, glorify the immortal gods.
- gloriam (immortalem) consequi, adipisci
- to win (undying) fame.
- quod di immortales omen avertant! (Phil. 44. 11)
- and may heaven avert the omen! heaven preserve us from this!
- argumentum afferre, quo animos immortales esse demonstratur
- to bring forward a proof of the immortality of the soul.
immortālis (inm-), e, adj. in-mortalis,
I. undying, immortal (class.).
I. Lit.:
si nullum corpus immortale sit, nullum esse corpus sempiternum: corpus autem immortale nullum esse, etc., Cic. N. D. 3, 12, 29: credo deos immortales sparsisse animos in corpora humana, etc., id. de Sen. 21, 77: dii; v. deus: animi, id. ib. 23, 82; id. Leg. 2, 11, 27: natura (opp. mortalis fortuna), id. Off. 1, 33, 120: pro di inmortales! Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 1: pro deorum inmortalium! id. Phorm. 2, 3, 4 al.—Subst. plur.: immortāles, ium, m., the immortals, gods: quod ad immortales attinet, haec; deinceps quod ad mortales, to the gods, Varr. L. L. 5, § 75 Müll.; Lucr. 5, 165.—II. Transf.
A. Imperishable, eternal, endless:
memoria et gloria, Cic. Balb. 17, 40: memoriam alicujus reddere, id. de Or. 2, 2, 8: fructum cepi vestri in me amoris et judicii, id. Pis. 14, 31: gratias agere alicui, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 11, 1: opera edere, Liv. 1, 16, 1: tributa, Tac. H. 4, 32: illa Sallustii velocitas, Quint. 10, 1, 102: nemo ignaviā immortalis factus est, Sall. J. 90, 49: immortalia ne speres, monet annus, etc., Hor. C. 4, 7, 7.—B. Poet., like the gods, blessed, exceedingly happy:
immortalis ero, si altera talis erit, Prop. 2. 14 (3, 6), 10; 2, 15 (3, 7), 39.—Hence, * adv.: immortā-lĭter, infinitely: gaudeo, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 3, § 9.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
immortālis (in-m-) e, adj.,
undying, immortal: corpus: di, the gods, Cs., C.: pro deūm immortalium! T.—Imperishable, eternal, endless: (imperatorum) memoria: laudes, Ta.: fructus vestri in me amoris: opera, L.: nemo ignaviā inmortalis factus est, S.: Immortalia sperare, H.: immortalis ero, si, etc., i. e. perfectly happy, Pr.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Italic*n̥-
- Latinimmortālis
Latin mortālis Latin immortālis From in- + mortālis.
Descendants
- Catalanimmortal
- Frenchimmortel
- Italianimmortale
- Occitanimortal
- Occitanimortau
- Portugueseimortal
- Romanianimortal
- Spanishinmortal
- Asturianinmortal
- Galicianinmortal
In English words that came into English from immortālis
- immortalimmortālis
- immortalityimmortālitās