adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective
mortālis
mortālis (neuter mortāle)
Classical[mɔrˈtaː.lɪs]Ecclesiastical[morˈtaː.lis]
№ 950 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- two terminationmortal (subject to death).
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
quī morī dēbet; omnēs hominēs mortālēs sunt.mortālis -e — in Mille Verba, ch. Vīta et Mors
homōmortālis -is (m) — in IVLIANVS II: Imperium, ch. 19
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | mortālis | mortālis | mortāle |
| genitive | mortālis | mortālis | mortālis |
| dative | mortālī | mortālī | mortālī |
| accusative | mortālem | mortālem | mortāle |
| ablative | mortālī | mortālī | mortālī |
| vocative | mortālis | mortālis | mortāle |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | mortālēs | mortālēs | mortālia |
| genitive | mortālium | mortālium | mortālium |
| dative | mortālibus | mortālibus | mortālibus |
| accusative | mortālīs mortālēs | mortālīs mortālēs | mortālia |
| ablative | mortālibus | mortālibus | mortālibus |
| vocative | mortālēs | mortālēs | mortālia |
mortālis, e, adj. mors,
I. subject to death, liable to die, mortal (class.).
I. Lit.:
quid in iis mortale et caducum, quid divinum aeternumque sit, Cic. Leg. 1, 23, 61: animal, id. N. D. 3, 13, 32.—II. Transf.
A. Human, mortal:
mucro, of human workmanship, Verg. A. 12, 740: condicio vitae, Cic. Phil. 14, 12, 33: opera, Liv. 1, 2: acta, Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 97: mortalin' decuit violari vulnere divum? from the hand of a mortal, Verg. A. 12, 797: haud tibi vultus Mortalis, id. ib. 1, 328: nec mortale sonans, like a human voice, id. ib. 6, 50: si mortalis idem nemo sciat, Juv. 13, 76.—Comp.: aliquid ipso homine mortalius, more perishable, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 110.—Hence, subst.: mortālis, is, comm., a man, mortal, human being (in sing. mostly ante-class.): lepidus ecastor mortalis est Strabax, Plaut. Truc. 5, 57: edepol, mortalis malos, id. Bacch. 2, 3, 59; id. Truc. 2, 1, 36; id. Aul. 2, 4, 40: ego, quantum mortalis deum possum, te ac tua vestigia sequar, Liv. 3, 17, 6.—Usually pīur.: mortales, like the Gr. θνητοί, mortals, men, mankind: quod ad immortales attinet haec: deinceps quod ad mortales attinet, videamus, Varr. L. L. 5, § 75 Müll.: est locus Hesperiam quam mortales perhibebant, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 23 Vahl.); cf.: omnes mortales sese laudarier optant, id. ap. Aug. de Trin. 13, 6 (Ann. v. 551 Vahl.): omnes mortales hunc aiebant Calliclem vivere, etc., Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 175: diu magnum inter mortales certamen fuit, etc., Sall. C. 1, 5: omnes mortales omnium generum, aetatum, ordinum, Cic. Pis. 40, 96: defendo multos mortales, id. Div. in Caecil. 25: plus debuisse fortunae, quam solus omnium mortalium in potestate habuit (Alexander), Curt. 10, 5, 35.—mortālĭa, ĭum, n., human affairs, Verg. A. 1, 462; Tac. A. 14, 54.—B. Temporary, transient (opp. immortalis, imperishable, eternal;
v. immortalis): neque me vero paenitet, mortales inimicitias, sempiternas amicitias habere, Cic. Rab. Post. 12, 32; Liv. 34, 6.— Hence, adv.: mortālĭter, mortally, in the manner of mortals (eccl. Lat.): mortaliter vivere, Aug. Enchir. 64.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
mortālis e, adj.
mors, subject to death, destined to die, mortal : quid in his mortale et caducum sit.— Temporary, transient : inimicitiae: leges, L.— Of a mortal, human, mortal : mucro, of human workmanship , V.: condicio vitae: opera, L.: pectora, O.: volnus, from the hand of a mortal , V.: cura, of man , V.: Nec mortale sonans, like a human voice , V.: Nil mortale loquar, i. e. uninspired , H.—As subst m . and f a man, mortal, human being : neque mortali cuiquam credere, S.: ego, quantum mortalis deum possum, te sequar, L.: indignatus ab umbris Mortalem surgere, V.: diu magnum inter mortalīs certamen fuit, etc., S.: de quo omnes mortales iudicaverunt.—Plur n . as subst, human affairs , V.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*mer-
- Proto-Indo-European *mértis ~*mr̥téys
- Proto-Italic*mortis
- Latinmortālis
Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin mortālis From mors + -ālis.
Elsewhere
- Catalanmortal
- Englishmortal
- Frenchmortelfrom Old French mortel
- Italianmortale
- Portuguesemortal
- Romanianmortal
- Spanishmortalfrom Old Spanish mortal
- Albanianmurtajë
- Galicianmortal
- Galluresemoltali
Sardinian
- Campidanesemortali
- Logudoresemortale
- Nuoresemortale
In English words that came into English from mortālis
- mortalmortālis
- immortalimmortālis
- mortalitymortālitās
- immortalityimmortālitās