moribundus
πενία μόνα τὰς τέχνας ἐγείρει → poverty alone promotes skilled work, necessity is the mother of invention, necessity is the mother of all invention, poverty is the mother of invention, out of necessity comes invention, out of necessity came invention, frugality is the mother of invention
Latin > English
moribundus moribunda, moribundum ADJ :: dying
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
mŏrĭbundus: a, um, adj. morior.
I Dying (class.): minus valet, moribundus est, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 15: jacentem moribundumque vidistis, Cic. Sest. 39, 85: moribundus procubuit, Liv. 26, 15: anima, Ov. Tr. 4, 5, 3.—Transf.: vox, Stat. Th. 8, 643: membra, mortal, Verg. A. 6, 732; App. de Deo Soc. 4, p. 43 fin.: corpus, id. Mag. 50, p. 306.—
II Act., causing death, i. e. deadly, unwholesome (poet.): moribunda a sede Pisauri, Cat. 81, 3.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
mŏrĭbundus,¹¹ a, um (morior), mourant, moribond : Cic. Sest. 85 ; Liv. 26, 15, 15 || mortel, qui provoque la mort : Catul. 81, 3.
Latin > German (Georges)
moribundus, a, um (morior), I) medial: 1) im Sterben liegend, dem Tode nahe, a) von Pers.u. deren Seele: moribunda est, Plaut.: iacentem moribundumque vidisti, Cic.: moribundi ex equis lapsi sunt, Liv.: ante pedes imperatoris moribundus procubuit, Liv.: prolapsus ac moribundus festinatis lictorum manibus in carcerem raptus est, Tac.: inter cunctantes cecĭdit moribunda ministros, Verg.: cuius ab alloquiis anima haec moribunda revixit, Ov. – b) v. Lebl.: moribunda vox generi, Stat. Theb. 8, 643: dextra ex umero nervis moribunda (erstarrend) pependit, Verg. Aen. 10, 341. – 2) sterben müssend, sterblich, membra, Verg. Aen. 6, 732. Apul. de deo Socr. 4. Augustin. de civ. dei 21, 13 in. (neben terrena corpora): corpus, Apul. apol. 50. – II) aktiv = sterben machend, ungesund, tödlich, sedes, Catull. 81, 3.
