Latin

Participle

morsus m ‎(feminine morsa, neuter morsum); first/second declension

1. bitten, eaten, devoured, consumed, having been bitten
2. (figuratively) stung, pained, hurt, bitten, having been stung

Inflection

First/second declension.

Noun

morsus m ‎(genitive morsūs); fourth declension

1. a bite, sting
2. (by extension) sharpness of flavor, sharp taste, pungency
3. (figuratively) pain, vexation, bite, sting
4. vocative singular of morsus

morsūs

1. nominative plural of morsus
2. genitive singular of morsus
3. accusative plural of morsus
4. vocative plural of morsus

Inflection

Fourth declension.

Derived terms

• morsicō

Descendants

• French: mors
• Italian: morso

References

• morsus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• morsus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• MORSUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “morsus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the pain is very severe: acer morsus doloris est (Tusc. 2. 22. 53)