adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
mortifer
mortifer (feminine mortifera, neuter mortiferum)
Classical[ˈmɔr.tɪ.fɛr]Ecclesiastical[ˈmɔr.ti.fer]
Meaning
- adjectivedeadly, fatal, lethal
Et sī mortiferum quid biberint nōn eōs nocēbit.
And if they drink anything deadly it shall not harm them.Gospel of Mark, Vulgate, from 16:18
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
mortem ferēnsmortifer -era -erum — in IVLIANVS II: Imperium, ch. 16
deadly
mortifer -era -erum — in De Bello Gallico III
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | in -er mortifer | mortifera | mortiferum |
| genitive | mortiferī | mortiferae | mortiferī |
| dative | mortiferō | mortiferae | mortiferō |
| accusative | mortiferum | mortiferam | mortiferum |
| ablative | mortiferō | mortiferā | mortiferō |
| vocative | mortifer mortifere | mortifera | mortiferum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | mortiferī | mortiferae | mortifera |
| genitive | mortiferōrum | mortiferārum | mortiferōrum |
| dative | mortiferīs | mortiferīs | mortiferīs |
| accusative | mortiferōs | mortiferās | mortifera |
| ablative | mortiferīs | mortiferīs | mortiferīs |
| vocative | mortiferī | mortiferae | mortifera |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- mortiferam plagam alicui infligere
- to inflict a mortal wound on some one.
- plagam extremam or mortiferam infligere
- to inflict a death-blow.
- vulnus (grave, mortiferum) accipere, excipere
- to be (seriously, mortally) wounded.
- poculum mortis (mortiferum) exhaurire (Cluent. 11. 31)
- to drain the cup of poison.
mortĭfer or (rarely) mortĭfĕrus, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. mors-fero,
I. death-bringing, death-dealing, deadly, fatal (class.;
syn.: lethalis, funestus): poculum, Cic. Tusc. 1, 29, 71: morbus, id. Div. 1, 30, 63: vulnus, id. Leg. 2, 5, 13: bellum, Verg. A. 6, 279: gravior dolor nec tamen mortiferus, Cels. 4, 2 init.; 5, 26, 22; Aug. de Util. Cred. § 36: res mortifera est inimicus pumice levis, Juv. 9, 95; 10, 10.—Neutr. plur. as subst.: mortĭfĕra, um, deadly things: cur tam multa mortifera terra mortique (deus) disperserit, Cic. Ac. 2, 38, 120 (B. and K. pestifera).—Hence, adv.: mortĭfĕrē, mortally, fatally (post-Aug.): mortifere aegrotare, Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 3: vulnerare, Dig. 9, 2, 36, § 1.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
mortifer era, erum, adj.
mors + 1 FER-, death-bringing, deadly, fatal, destructive : plaga: morbus: volnus: bellum, V.
Origins
From mors (“death”) + -fer (“-carrying”), literally “death-bearing”. Calque of Ancient Greek θανατηφόρος (thanatēphóros).
Descendants
- Catalanmortífer
- Frenchmortifère
- Italianmortifero
- Occitanmortifèr
- Portuguesemortífero
- Romanianmortifer
- Spanishmortífero