LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

moribundus

moribundus (feminine moribunda, neuter moribundum)
Classical[mɔ.rɪˈbʊn.dʊs]Ecclesiastical[mo.riˈbun.dus]

Meaning

  1. adjectivedying, expiring, moribund
    [...] Cui mē moribundam dēseris? [...]“To whom do you forsaken me, a dying [woman]?” (Dido, heartbroken, fears those who may hurt or kill her, and may already be contemplating suicide; thus Aeneas’s departure will likely prove fatal to her.)29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.323
  2. adjectivefatal, mortal, deadly

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativemoribundusmoribundamoribundum
genitivemoribundīmoribundaemoribundī
dativemoribundōmoribundaemoribundō
accusativemoribundummoribundammoribundum
ablativemoribundōmoribundāmoribundō
vocativemoribundemoribundamoribundum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativemoribundīmoribundaemoribunda
genitivemoribundōrummoribundārummoribundōrum
dativemoribundīsmoribundīsmoribundīs
accusativemoribundōsmoribundāsmoribunda
ablativemoribundīsmoribundīsmoribundīs
vocativemoribundīmoribundaemoribunda

mŏrĭbundus, a, um, adj. morior.
I. Dying (class.): minus valet, moribundus est, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 15: jacentem moribundumque vidistis, Cic. Sest. 39, 85: moribundus procubuit, Liv. 26, 15: anima, Ov. Tr. 4, 5, 3.—Transf.: vox, Stat. Th. 8, 643: membra, mortal, Verg. A. 6, 732; App. de Deo Soc. 4, p. 43 fin.: corpus, id. Mag. 50, p. 306.—
II. Act., causing death, i. e. deadly, unwholesome (poet.): moribunda a sede Pisauri, Cat. 81, 3.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mer-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*mr̥yétor
  3. Proto-Italic*moriōr
  4. Latinmoribundus

Latin -bundus Latin moribundus From morior (“die”) + -bundus.

Descendants
  • Catalanmoribund
  • Englishmoribund
  • Frenchmoribond
  • Italianmoribondo
  • Portuguesemoribundo
  • Romanianmuribund
  • Spanishmoribundo
  • Galicianmoribundo

In English words that came into English from moribundus

  • moribundmoribundus

Quick answers

What does moribundus mean in Latin?
moribundus, a adjective, means “dying, expiring, moribund; fatal, mortal, deadly”.
How do you pronounce moribundus?
In classical Latin, [mɔ.rɪˈbʊn.dʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [mo.riˈbun.dus].
Where does moribundus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *mer- → Proto-Indo-European *mr̥yétor → Proto-Italic *moriōr → Latin moribundus.