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|lshtext=<b>mortālis</b>: e, adj. [[mors]],<br /><b>I</b> [[subject]] to [[death]], [[liable]] to [[die]], [[mortal]] ([[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: [[quid]] in iis mortale et caducum, [[quid]] divinum aeternumque [[sit]], Cic. Leg. 1, 23, 61: [[animal]], id. N. D. 3, 13, 32.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Human, [[mortal]]: [[mucro]], of [[human]] [[workmanship]], Verg. A. 12, 740: [[condicio]] vitae, Cic. Phil. 14, 12, 33: [[opera]], Liv. 1, 2: [[acta]], Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 97: mortalin' decuit violari vulnere [[divum]]? from the [[hand]] of a [[mortal]], Verg. A. 12, 797: [[haud]] [[tibi]] [[vultus]] Mortalis, id. ib. 1, 328: nec mortale [[sonans]], [[like]] a [[human]] [[voice]], id. ib. 6, 50: si [[mortalis]] [[idem]] [[nemo]] sciat, Juv. 13, 76.—Comp.: aliquid ipso homine mortalius, [[more]] [[perishable]], Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 110.—Hence, subst.: mortālis, is, comm., a [[man]], [[mortal]], [[human]] [[being]] (in sing. [[mostly]] [[ante]]-[[class]].): [[lepidus]] [[ecastor]] [[mortalis]] est Strabax, Plaut. Truc. 5, 57: [[edepol]], [[mortalis]] malos, id. Bacch. 2, 3, 59; id. Truc. 2, 1, 36; id. Aul. 2, 4, 40: ego, [[quantum]] [[mortalis]] deum [[possum]], te ac tua vestigia sequar, Liv. 3, 17, 6.—Usually pīur.: mortales, [[like]] the Gr. θνητοί, mortals, men, [[mankind]]: [[quod]] ad immortales attinet haec: [[deinceps]] [[quod]] ad mortales attinet, videamus, Varr. L. L. 5, § 75 Müll.: est [[locus]] Hesperiam [[quam]] mortales perhibebant, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 23 Vahl.); cf.: omnes mortales [[sese]] laudarier optant, id. ap. Aug. de Trin. 13, 6 (Ann. v. 551 Vahl.): omnes mortales hunc aiebant Calliclem vivere, etc., Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 175: diu magnum [[inter]] mortales [[certamen]] fuit, etc., Sall. C. 1, 5: omnes mortales omnium generum, aetatum, ordinum, Cic. Pis. 40, 96: [[defendo]] multos mortales, id. Div. in Caecil. 25: [[plus]] debuisse fortunae, [[quam]] [[solus]] omnium mortalium in potestate habuit ([[Alexander]]), Curt. 10, 5, 35.—mortālĭa, ĭum, n., [[human]] affairs, Verg. A. 1, 462; Tac. A. 14, 54.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Temporary, [[transient]] (opp. [[immortalis]], [[imperishable]], [[eternal]]; v. [[immortalis]]): [[neque]] me [[vero]] paenitet, mortales inimicitias, sempiternas amicitias habere, Cic. Rab. Post. 12, 32; Liv. 34, 6.— Hence, adv.: mortālĭter, [[mortally]], in the [[manner]] of mortals (eccl. Lat.): [[mortaliter]] vivere, Aug. Enchir. 64.
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