English

Proper noun

Mors

1. (Roman mythology) The god and personification of death; the Roman counterpart of Thanatos.

Catalan

Verb

mors

1. second-person singular present indicative form of morir

Danish

Noun

mors c

1. genitive singular indefinite of mor

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

mors

1. first-person singular present indicative of morsen
2. imperative of morsen

French

Etymology

From Latin morsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔʁ/

Noun

mors m ‎(plural mors)

1. (equestrian) bit

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mér-tis ‎(“death”), from *mer- ‎(“to die”). Cognate with Ancient Greek βροτός ‎(brotós, “mortal”) (from Proto-Hellenic *mrotós), Proto-Germanic *murþą (Old English morþ, English murder), Proto-Celtic *marwos (Old Irish marb, Welsh marw ‎(“dead”)), Lithuanian mirtis ‎(“death”), Proto-Slavic *merti, Sanskrit मृत्यु ‎(mṛtyú).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /mors/, [mɔrs]

Noun

mors f ‎(genitive mortis); third declension

1. death
2. corpse
3. annihilation

Inflection

Third declension i-stem.

Related terms

• morior
• mortuus

Descendants

References

• mors in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• mors in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• MORS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “mors”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to depart this life: mortem (diem supremum) obire
    
  • an untimely death: mors immatura or praematura
    
  • to commit suicide: mortem sibi consciscere
    
  • to meet death (by violence): mortem oppetere
    
  • to die for one's country: mortem occumbere pro patria
    
  • to poison oneself: veneno sibi mortem consciscere
    
  • to drain the cup of poison: poculum mortis (mortiferum) exhaurire (Cluent. 11. 31)
    
  • some one's death has plunged me in grief: mors alicuius luctum mihi attulit
    
  • to threaten some one with death, crucifixion, torture, war: minitari (minari) alicui mortem, crucem et tormenta, bellum
    
  • to beg for life: mortem deprecari (B. G. 7. 40. 6)
    
• mors in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Middle French

Noun

mors f

1. plural of mort

Norman

Etymology

From Latin morsus.

Noun

mors m ‎(plural mors)

1. (Jersey, equestrian) bit

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

mors n ‎(definite singular morset, indefinite plural mors, definite plural morsa or morsene)

1. corpse
2. indefinite singular genitive of mor

Usage notes

Using mors instead of the more common lik is a special usage found among health workers. The use of the term in this way is unknown in the general population.

Verb

mors

1. imperative of morse

Polish

morsy

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔrs/

Noun

mors m anim

1. walrus (Arctic mammal)
2. winter swimmer

Declension

Derived terms

• morsowy

See also

• morski

Swedish

Interjection

mors!

1. (slang) Hi!

See also

• morsning

Noun

mors

1. indefinite genitive singular of mor

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowing from French morse.

Noun

mors ‎(definite accusative morsi, plural morsler)

1. walrus