LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfirst/second-declension participle

mortuus1

mortuus (feminine mortua, neuter mortuum)
Classical[ˈmɔr.tu.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈmɔr.tu.us]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. participledead, having died
    Si enim per legem justitia, ergo gratis Christus mortuus est.If righteousness comes from the law, then Christ is dead in vain.Vulgata—Epistula ad Galatas 2.21
  2. participledecayed, withered
  3. figurativelyparticiplefaint, overwhelmed

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

quī vīvere dēsiit; corpus sine animā.
mortuus -a -um — in Mille Verba, ch. Vīta et Mors

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

alicuius mortui voluntas (suprema)
the last wishes of a deceased person.
aliquem ab inferis or a mortuis evocare, excitare (passive ab inferis exsistere)
to summon some one from the dead.

mortŭus, a, um, P. a., v. morior
I. fin.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mr̥twós
  2. Proto-Italic*mortwos
  3. Latinmortuus

Perfect active participle of morior (“die”). Corresponds to Proto-Italic *mortwos, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥twós, *mr̥tós (“dead, mortal”), *mr̥tó-, ultimately from *mer- (“to die”) + *-wós (whence Latin -uus). Compare Ancient Greek βροτός (brotós), Sanskrit मृत (mṛtá), Old Church Slavonic мрътвъ (mrŭtvŭ), Old Armenian մարդ (mard).

Gallo-Romance
  • Frenchmortfrom Old French mort
  • Catalanmortfrom Old Catalan mort
  • Occitanmòrtfrom Old Occitan mort
  • Franco-Provençalmôrt
  • Normanmortfrom Old French mort
Insular Romance
  • Sardinianmoltu
  • Sardinianmortu
Ibero-Romance
  • Portuguesemortofrom Old Galician-Portuguese morto
  • Spanishmuertofrom Old Spanish muerto
  • Asturianmuertu
  • Asturianmuortu
  • Asturianmortu
  • Galicianmortofrom Old Galician-Portuguese morto
  • Ladinomuertofrom Old Spanish muerto
  • Ladinoמואירטוfrom Old Spanish muerto
Balkano-Romance
  • Romanianmort
  • Aromanianmort
  • Aromanianmortu
Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italianmorto
  • Dalmatianmuart
  • Neapolitanmuorto
  • Sicilianmortu
  • Venetanmorto
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Friulianmuart
  • Ladinmort
  • Romanshmiert
  • Romanshmort
Gallo-Italic
  • Lombardmortfrom Old Lombard morto
  • Piedmontesemòrt
Borrowings
  • Idomortofrom Esperanto morto

In English words that came into English from mortuus

  • amortize*admortīre
  • amortization*admortire
  • mortuarymortuārium
noun · masculinesecond declension
mortuus2
mortuus m (genitive mortuī)
Classical[ˈmɔr.tu.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈmɔr.tu.us]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. masculinea dead person, dead man
  2. masculinea corpse, dead body

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativemortuusmortuī
genitivemortuīmortuōrum
dativemortuōmortuīs
accusativemortuummortuōs
ablativemortuōmortuīs
vocativemortuemortuī

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mr̥twós
  2. Proto-Italic*mortwos
  3. Latinmortuus

Perfect active participle of morior (“die”). Corresponds to Proto-Italic *mortwos, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥twós, *mr̥tós (“dead, mortal”), *mr̥tó-, ultimately from *mer- (“to die”) + *-wós (whence Latin -uus). Compare Ancient Greek βροτός (brotós), Sanskrit मृत (mṛtá), Old Church Slavonic мрътвъ (mrŭtvŭ), Old Armenian մարդ (mard).

In English words that came into English from mortuus

  • mortuarymortuārium

Quick answers

What does mortuus mean in Latin?
mortuus, a verb, means “dead, having died; decayed, withered; faint, overwhelmed”.
What are the principal parts of mortuus?
mortuus, mortua, mortuum (first/second-declension participle).
How do you pronounce mortuus?
In classical Latin, [ˈmɔr.tu.ʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈmɔr.tu.us].
Where does mortuus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *mr̥twós → Proto-Italic *mortwos → Latin mortuus.
Which English words come from mortuus?
English words that go back to Latin mortuus include amortize, amortization and mortuary.