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|lshtext=<b>mors</b>: tis, f. [[root]] mor, v. [[morior]] (dat. morte, Varr. ap. Gell. 24),<br /><b>I</b> [[death]] in [[every]] form, [[natural]] or [[violent]] (syn.: [[letum]], nex).<br /><b>I</b> 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: 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. 1, 2, 9: 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; App. M. 1, 72; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Personified.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mors, a [[goddess]], the [[daughter]] of [[Erebus]] and Nox, Cic. N. D. 3, 17, 44; Verg. A. 11, 197; Hyg. Fab. praef.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (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.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Like [[φόνος]], the [[blood]] [[shed]] by [[murder]]: ensem multā morte recepit, Verg. A. 9, 348.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> 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.>
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