LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
nounthird declension

mors voluntāria

mors voluntāria f (genitive mortis voluntāriae)
Classical[ˈmɔrs wɔ.ɫʊnˈtaː.ri.a]Ecclesiastical[ˈmɔrs vo.lunˈtaː.ri.a]

Meaning

  1. suicide
    Ipsa ad perniciem Poppaeae festinat subditis qui terrore carceris ad voluntariam mortem propellerent.She (Messalina) is accelerating Poppaea's destruction by suborned agents that they might drive her with a great fear of prison to (commit) suicide.c. 117 CE, Tacitus, Annales 11.2

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativemors voluntāriamortēs voluntāriae
genitivemortis voluntāriaemortum voluntāriārum
dativemortī voluntāriaemortibus voluntāriīs
accusativemortem voluntāriammortēs voluntāriās
ablativemorte voluntāriāmortibus voluntāriīs
vocativemors voluntāriamortēs voluntāriae

Origins

From mors (“death”) + voluntāria (“voluntary”), literally meaning "voluntary death" or "willing death".

Descendants
  • GermanFreitod

Quick answers

What does mors voluntāria mean in Latin?
mors voluntāria, a noun, means “suicide”.
What is the genitive of mors voluntāria?
The genitive singular is mortis voluntāriae. mors voluntāria is third declension.
How do you pronounce mors voluntāria?
In classical Latin, [ˈmɔrs wɔ.ɫʊnˈtaː.ri.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈmɔrs vo.lunˈtaː.ri.a].