mors

tota vita nihil aliud quam ad mortem iter est
all life is nothing other than a journey toward death

mors , mortis, f.: death, freq.; deadly wound, 9.348; pl., mortēs, various kinds of death, 10.854; personif., Mors, the goddess of death, daughter of Erebus and Nox, Death, 11.197. (cf. morior)

mors, tis, f. [root mor, v. morior] (dat. morte, Varr. ap. Gell. 24), death in every form, natural or violent (syn.: letum, nex).

• I Lit.: omnium rerum mors est extremum, Cic. Fam. 6, 21, 1: mors ultima linea rerum est, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 79: mortem sibi consciscere, to kill one's self, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 56, § 129: obire, to die, id. Phil. 5, 17, 48; Plaut. Aul. prol. 15: nam necessest me ... cras mortem exequi, id. Ps. 4, 2, 38: certae occumbere morti, to submit to, Verg. A. 2, 62: aliquem ad mortem dare, to put to death, kill, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 177 (809): morti, Hor. S. 2, 3, 197: aliquem morte multare, Cic. Tusc. 1, 22, 50; so, per vim, id. Verr. 2, 1, 5, § 14: morte multatus, id. Tusc. 1, 40, 97; Tac. A. 6, 9; Plin. Ep. 8, 14, 15; Lact. 2, 9, 24: morte punire, Plin. Ep. 8, 14, 12; Tac. A. 4, 44; 11, 18: mortis poena, Cic. Cat. 4, 4, 7: morti addici, id. Off. 3, 10, 45: omne humanum genus morte damnatum est, Sen. Ep. 71, 15: Antonius civium suorum vitae sedebat mortisque arbiter, Sen. Polyb. 16, 2: vitae et mortis habere potestatem, Vulg. Sap. 16, 13: illata per scelus, assassination, Cic. Mil. 7, 17: ad mortem se offerre pro patriā, id. Tusc. 1, 15, 32: afferre, Serv. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 12, 2: multare aliquem usque ad mortem, Ter. Ad. 89: morte cadere, Hor. C. 4, 2, 15: morte acerbissimā affici, Serv. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 12, 2: multare, id. de Or. 1, 43, 100: ad mortem duci, id. Tusc. 1, 42, 100: cui legatio ipsa morti fuisset, brought death, id. Phil. 9, 1, 3: imperfecta, blindness, Stat. Th. 11, 582: morte suā mori, to die a natural death: bella res est, mori suā morte, Sen. Ep. 69, 6: mors suprema, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 173; Sil. 5, 416: mortis fine, Boëth. Consol. 2, 7: quae rapit ultima mors est, Lucil. ap. Sen. Ep. 24, 20: proximus morti = moriens, Aug. Civ. Dei, 22, 8; Ap. Met. 1, 12, 18; cf.: morti vicinus, Aug. Serm. 306, 10; Hier. in Joel, 1, 13 al.; cf.: cui, mors cum appropinquet, Cic. Fin. 5, 11, 31: cujus aetati mors propior erat, Sall. H. 2, 41, 9: adpropinquante morte, Cic. Div. 1, 30, 64 sq.: ut prorogetur tibi dies mortis, Sen. Ben. 5, 17, 6: circa mortis diem, id. Ep. 27, 2: mansurum est vitium usque ad diem mortis, Cels. 7, 7, 15 init.—Poet.: mors sola fatetur quantula sint hominum corpuscula, Juv. 10, 173. —In plur.: mortes, when several persons are spoken of: praeclarae mortes sunt imperatoriae, Cic. Fin. 2, 30, 97; so Hor. S. 1, 3, 108: meorum, Plin. Ep. 8, 16, 1: perdere mortes, to throw away lives, to die in vain, Stat. Th. 9, 58: hinc subitae mortes, Juv. 1, 144.—Also of different forms or modes of death: omnīs per mortīs, Verg. A. 10, 854; cf.: omni imagine mortium, Tac. H. 3, 28; Sen. Clem. 1, 18, 2.—Rarely of an abstract thing: fere rerum omnium oblivio morsque memoriae, death, total loss, Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 142.—
• • B Personified.
  • • 1 Mors, a goddess, the daughter of Erebus and Nox, Cic. N. D. 3, 17, 44; Verg. A. 11, 197; Hyg. Fab. praef.—
    • 2 (Eccl. Lat.) = eum qui habebat mortis imperium, id est, diabolum, Vulg. Heb. 2, 14; id. Isa. 28, 15; cf.: ero mors tua, o mors, id. Hos. 13, 14; id. Apoc. 6, 8.—
• II Transf.
• • A A dead body, corpse (mostly poet.): morte campos contegi, with corpses, Att. ap. Non. 110, 31: mortem ejus (Clodii) lacerari, body, corpse, Cic. Mil. 32, 86; Cat. 64, 362; Prop. 3, 5, 22: vitis, quam juxta hominis mors laqueo pependerit, Plin. 14, 19, 23, § 119; Stat. Th. 1, 768.—Hence, jestingly, of an old man: odiosum est mortem amplexari, a corpse, a skeleton, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 33 (1152).—
  • B Like φόνος, the blood shed by murder: ensem multā morte recepit, Verg. A. 9, 348.—
  • C That which brings death (of missiles), a deadly weapon (poet.): mille cavet lapsas circum cava tempora mortes, Stat. Th. 6, 792; Luc. 7, 517: per pectora saevas Exceptat mortes, Sil. 9, 369.—Of a sentence or threat of death: ut auferat a me mortem istam, Vulg. Ex. 10, 17; of terrible pangs and anxieties: contritiones mortis, id. 2 Reg. 22, 5: dolores mortis, id. Psa. 18, 4; 116, 3; of a cruel and murderous officer: aderat mors terrorque sociorum et civium lictor Sestius, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 45, § 118.—
  • D Esp. (eccl. Lat.): mors secunda, the second death, future punishment, Vulg. Apoc. 2, 11; 20, 6; 14: mors alone, id. 1 Joh. 5, 16; also spiritual death, that of a soul under the dominion of sin: stimulus mortis peccatum est, id. 1 Cor. 15, 56; Rom. 8, 6 et saep.; cf. Lact. 7, 10 fin.

mors, mortis, f. (zu Wurzel mor, wov. auch morior, verwandt mit μόρος, μοιρα, der Tod, I) eig. u. übtr.: A) eig.: acerba, Cic.: m. honesta, Nep.: celeris, Suet.: immatura, Lucr., Catull., Cic. u.a.: innoxia, Iustin.: matura, Flor. 3, 17, 9: necessaria, der natürliche, Cic.: perspicua, Cic.: alci propinqua, Cic.: repentina, Cic.: voluntaria, Cic.: mors coacta, Ggstz. fortuita, Tac.: cuius aetati mors propior erat, Sall. fr.: beata L. Crassi mors illa, quae est a multis saepe defleta, Cic.: fames, miserrima omnium mors, Sall.: fames et frigus, quae miserrima mortis genera sunt, Cic.: mors crucis, Kreuzestod, Augustin. in Ioann. tract. 124, 1. – mortis periculum, Caes.: mortis poena od. poenae, Cic.: potio mortis causā data, Ps. Quint. decl.: civium suorom vitae mortisque arbiter, Sen. – morti proximus, Fronto, Augustin. u.a.: morti vicinus, Capit., Hieron. u.a. (s. über beide Krebs-Schmalz Antib.⁷ Bd. 2. S. 103 u. 104 unter mors). – mors (alci) appropinquat, Cic. – obire mortem, s. ob-eo: mortem subire, suscipere, s. sub-eo, suscipio: occumbere mortem, s. occumbo: mortem oppetere, s. oppeto: voluntariam mortem petere, Gell.: cupide mortem expetere pro salute civium, Cic.: morti od. ad mortem se offerre, s. offero: mortem sibi consciscere, Cic.: mortem alci afferre, Plaut.: afferre alci causam mortis voluntariae, Cic.: alci mortem inferre u. offerre, Cic.: alqm dare ad mortem, Plaut., od. morti, Hor.: alqm morti mittere, Plaut.: alqm morte afficere, Cic.: mortem proponere, Cic.: ad mortem trudi, Cic.: morte deleri, Cic.: alqm morte multare, Cic., punire, Plin. ep.: alqm morte damnare (v. der Natur), Sen.: alqm ad mortem damnare, Tac.: alci morti esse, jmdm. den Tod bringen, Cic.: ebenso mortem facere, Ov.: morte suā mori, eines natürlichen T. sterben, Sen.: ebenso suā morte defungi, Suet.: inhonestā morte mori, Tert.: vitam cum morte commutare, Sulpic. in Cic. ep.: mortem servituti anteponere, Cic.: mortem deprecari, um sein Leben bitten, Caes.: mortem alcis persequi, Cic., Caes. u. Liv.: fidenti animo ad mortem gradiri, Cic.: alqm ex media morte eripere, Cic.: mortem alcis lacerare, jmd. im Tode, Cic.: so auch alcis vitam spoliare, eius mortem ornare, Cic.: Drusum matura mors abstulit, Flor. 3, 17, 9. – in mortem (zum Todesstoß) destringere ferrum, Tac. – in morte, noch im T., noch nach dem T., Verg.: in extrema morte, an der äußersten Grenze des T., in den letzten Augenblicken, Catull. u. Verg.: so auch supremā morte, Hor. u.a. (s. Schmid Hor. ep. 2, 2, 173). – Plur. mortes, wie θάνατοι, α) v. Tode mehrerer, Tod, Todesfälle, mortes imperatoriae, Cic.: mortes quattuor, Mart.: mortes meorum, Plin. ep.: clarae mortes pro patria oppetitae, Aufopferungen für das V. durch den Tod, Cic.: quibus videmus optabiles mortes fuisse cum gloria, Aufopferungen durch einen rühmlichen Tod, Cic.: perdere mortes, den Tod verschwenden, d.i. unnütz Tod (unter den Feinden) verbreiten, Stat. – β) v. den verschiedenen Erscheinungen des Todes, die Todesarten, Todesgefahren, der Tod in jeder Gestalt, o hominem mille mortibus dignum! Sen.: omnes per mortes animam dare, Verg.: omni imagine mortium, Tac. – B) übtr.: 1) von Lebl., der Tod = das Absterben, Hinschwinden, hoc mors est illius, quod ante fuit, Lucr.: rerum omnium oblivio morsque memoriae, Plin. – 2) personif., die Gottheit Mors, Tochter des Erebus und der Nox, Cic. de nat. deor. 3, 44. Hyg. fab. praef. in. Verg. Aen. 11, 197. – II) meton.: 1) der Tod = der Leichnam, die Leiche, hominis, Plin.: morte campos contegi, Acc. fr.: nec sit in Attalico mors mea nixa toro, Prop. – ähnl. von einem Greise, odiosum est mortem amplexari, eine Leiche, ein Skelett, Plaut. – 2) wie φόνος, = durch Mord vergossenes Blut, Todesblut, ensem multā morte recepit, Verg. Aen. 9, 348. – 3) der, das Todbringende, der Tod, mors terrorque sociorum lictor Sextius, Cic. Verr. 5, 118. – ubi fratri suo paratam mortem (tödliche Gift) ebibit, Apul. met. 10, 5. p. 886 H.: aër fertilis in mortes, ergiebig an tödlichen Plagen, Lucan. 9, 625: u. Plur. mortes v. todbringenden Geschossen, Lucan. 7, 517. Sil. 9, 369. Stat. Theb. 6, 793. – ➳ Archaist. Abl. morti, Lucr. 6, 1229 (1232).

mors [CL] 1 (act of) dying or being killed, death; b (w. gen. indicating instrument of death); c (w. abl. indicating instrument of death); d (dist. as corporalis, spiritualis, or sim.). e (~s propria, naturalis, or recta) natural as dist. from violent death. f (~s mala or repentina) bad or sudden death; g (imposed as penalty); h (in oath). i (mortetenus) to the death, to the very end. in sepulchris ponitur, ut sanctorum omnium sepultura sanciret, et timorem ~tis auferret Theod. Laterc. 21; quos simul ad mortem saxorum tuba terebat Aldh. VirgV 2610; cum Theseo ‥ quem ‥ jam in ~tis periculo constitutum ‥ Hercules liberavit Lib. Monstr. I 36+; ~s ‥ nichil aliud est quam extinctio naturalis caloris in corde Quaest. Salern. B 84; 1219 nequiter posuit dictum Salamonem virum suum ad ~tem DocExch 328.  b ad ‥ patrem qui ‥ pertimescenti dirae famis ~tem ‥ occidere consuevit vitulum filio Gildas EB 29; qui pro parvulis Christi ‥ ipsam ‥ mortem, ~tem autem crucis Bede HE II 6 p. 92; sic dilexi ‥ mundum, ut Filium meum ‥ dederim primum in carnem, deinde in mortem, ~tem autem crucis J. Ford Serm. 10. 7; Domine ‥ permitte nobis loqui mysteria per ~tem crucis tue Eul. Hist. I 115.  c c1160 si transversam fiderit et finem transierit, aqua vel igne ~tem venturam denuntiat Tract. Chirom. 282ra..  d ne morte quidem suorum nec timore mortis ‥ a ~te animae, qua peccando sternebantur, revocari poterant Bede HE I 14 p. 30; nec dubito me post mortem corporis statum ad perpetuam animae ~tem rapiendum Ib. III 13 p. 153; 964 (13c) post ~tem vero carnis CS 1143; de morte spirituali ~tem protinus corporalem incurres J. Ford Serm. 105. 2; qui mandata Dei salutifera contempnit ‥ ~te dignus est, non tantum corporali, immo corporis et anime infernali supplicio perpetue duratura Quadr. Reg. Spec. 36.  e 1210 non fuit mortuus per imprisonacionem ‥ set in domo sua obiit de propria ~te CurR VI 107; nec ipse nec frater ejus sunt inde culpabiles quia idem W. obiit de recta ~te sua et non de aliqua plaga PlCrGlouc 82; 1276 moriebatur per rectam ~tem et non per verberacionem Roberti Hund. II 175; 1349 obiit in dicta prisona ‥ ~te sua naturali et non violenta SelCCoron 112.  f 824 contigit ut ‥ comes Aldberht repentina ~te defunctus est CS 378; janua Tartareum mala mors aperitur in antrum, / quo semel admissos mors sine morte premit L. Durh. Dial. IV 172; si quis forefactum haberet et non veniret, candela exstincta ~te mala periret G. Roman. 422; excommunicati mala ~te perierunt Meaux I 180; eminatur ‥ omni familiae ~tem malam, si molesti esse pergemus illi Liv. Op. 75.  g de latrone qui judicatus est ad ~tem (Kent) DB I 1rb.  h ‘per ~tem Domini nostri’ talia pronuntians; quem morem jurandi vel ire nimietas vel rei serietas ab ore principis extorquebat W. Malm. GR V 401.  i probrosis voluptatibus deservire mortetenus Lantfr. Swith. 1. 2 (as a personified agent). usque fugam vitae, cum mors in limine latrat / marcida depopulans vitali pectora flatu Aldh. VirgV 2380; sicut per hominis inoboedientiam ~s in humanum genus intraverat Anselm (CurD I 3) II 51; seva ~s vernantis etatis florem messuit W. Malm. GR I 94; devicta morte Christus baratrique cohorte / ethraque concendit promissaque dona rependit Eton Roundels f. 6v.. 3 cause of death. mors etenim venti, mors equora, mors ibi grando, / mors aqua, mors frigus, mors fera turbo fuit. / sic ubi nos sine morte mori tot fata perurgent L. Durh. Dial. III 175–6. 4 (leg.,~s hominis or ellipt.) (right to a fine for) manslaughter. 1134 concedimus ‥ omnes regias libertates: murdrum, ~tem hominis, plagam, mehaim (Ch.) EHR XXIV 211; 1202 ad judicium de vicecomite qui non incarceravit attachiatos ‥ cum sint appellati de ~te hominis SelPlCrown 13; 1269 appellatus de ~te hominis non debet dimitti per pleggios usque adventum justiciariorum nisi per preceptum ‥ regis CBaron 90; 1356 deductis placitis de ~te vel mahemiis MunAcOx 174. 5 (leg., ~s antecessoris) mort d’ancestor. 1184 expectavit recognitionem de ~te antecessoris sui per quam perdidit Pipe 47; si denegetur alii hereditas sua cum major factus fuerit, poterit inde habere assisam et recognitionem de ~te antecessoris sui Glanv. VII 9; recognitiones de nova dissaisina, de ~te antecessoris, et de ultima presentatione Magna Carta 18; 1221 de octo acris terre ‥ unde assisa ~tis antecessorum summonita fuit inter eos in prefata curia FormA 221; 1225 A. tulit breve de ~te antecessoris de eadem terra super eundem Willelmum BNB III 68. 6 (~s civilis) ‘civil death’, retirement into religion. a1250 per ~tem naturalem seu civilem (v. civilis 4). 7 (~s transitoria or ellipt.) (death perceived as) life on earth as dist. from life of the world to come (cf. Rom. vii 24). Cynefridus ‥ a ~te transitoria perpetuam migravit ad vitam Hist. Abb. Jarrow 3; suspirabat exire de corpore ~tis hujus P. Blois Ep. 27. 93B. 8 (med., ~s parva) temporary suspension of vital functions. similiter est sincopis quasi ~s parva et tunc homo non moritur. et cum excitatur a sincopi expelluntur illi vapores mali Gad. 37v. 1.

mors, (5) mortis, f. , ¶ 1 mort [naturelle ou violente, ou comme châtiment suprême] : mortem obire Cic. Phil. 5, 48, mourir ; adpropinquante morte Cic. Div. 1, 64, à lʼapproche de la mort ; repentina morte perire Cic. Clu. 174, périr dʼune mort soudaine ; tempus mortis Cic. Tusc. 1, 49, le moment de la mort ; dies mortis Sen. Ben. 5, 17, 6, le jour de la mort, cf. Cic. Tusc. 1, 83 ; Div. 2, 71 ; Off. 1, 112 ; Cæs. G. 1, 4, 3 ; mortem oppetere Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 129, aller au devant de la mort ; mortem alicui offerre Cic. Vat. 24, menacer qqn de mort ; mors illata per scelus Cic. Mil. 17, mort donnée criminellement ; mors voluntaria Cic. Fin. 3, 61, mort volontaire ; claræ mortes pro patria oppetitæ Cic. Tusc. 1, 116, les belles morts recherchées pour la patrie ; morte multare Cic. Tusc. 1, 50, punir de mort, cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 14 ; afficere Cic. Clu. 169, frapper de mort ; morti addicere Cic. Off. 3, 45, condamner à mort || mors memoriæ Plin. 14, 142, perte de la mémoire || [personnif.] Cic. Nat. 3, 44 ¶ 2 cadavre : Prop. 3, 5, 22 ; [fig.] Pl. Bacch. 1152 ; Cic. Mil. 86 ¶ 3 [syn. de meurtrier] : mors terrorque sociorum lictor Sextius Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 118, le licteur Sextius, mort et terreur des alliés.

mors , tis. f.
死。死候。老人。死女神。— memoriae 忘。— hominis 屍骸。— simplex 凡死。Sua morte mori 自然死。Omnes per mortes animam sontem dedit 此犯人受萬刑而亡。

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• 1 MAR-, death: omnium rerum mors est extremum: mortem obire, die: certae occumbere morti, V.: Mille ovium morti dedit, put to death, H.: morte poenas dedit, S.: inlata per scelus, assassination: dominum Mulcavit usque ad mortem, T.: ad mortem duci: cui legatio ipsa mortis fuisset, brought death: mors suprema, H.: adpropinquante morte: sibi mortem consciscere, commit suicide, Cs.: patiens mortis, mortal, O.: praeclarae mortes sunt imperatoriae: ignotis perierunt mortibus illi, H.: omnīs per mortīs, modes of death, V.—A dead body, corpse: mortem eius (Clodii) lacerari.—The blood shed by murder: ensem multā morte recepit, V.—That which brings death: aderat mors terrorque sociorum lictor Sestius.—Person., Death, daughter of Erebus and Nox, V., C.

Mors

See thanatos.