intermorior
Ὥσπερ οἱ ἐρωτικοὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ἐν αἰσθήσει καλῶν ὁδῷ προϊόντες ἐπ' αὐτὴν καταντῶσι τὴν μίαν τῶν καλῶν πάντων καὶ νοητῶν ἀρχήν → Just as lovers systematically leave behind what is fair to sensation and attain the one true source of all that is fair and intelligible
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
inter-mŏrĭor: mortuus sum, 3, v. dep.
I To die in secret, perish unobserved, to die off, fall to decay (not in Cic. or Cæs.), Cato, R. R. 161, 3: radices intermoriuntur, Plin. 21, 18, 69, § 114: ignis, Curt. 6, 6, 31: civitas, Liv. 34, 49.—
II Trop.
A To faint away, to swoon: ex profluvio sanguinis intermorientes vino reficiendi sunt, Cels. 5, 26, 25.—
B Of roads, to come to an end, stop: pars (viarum) sine ullo exitu intermoriuntur, Dig. 43, 7, 3, § 2. —
C To be neglected: nullum officium tuum apud me intermoriturum existimas, Bith. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 16.—Hence, intermortŭus, a, um, P. a., dead, faint, lifeless, powerless.
A Lit.: in ipsa contione intermortuus haud multo post exspiravit, Liv. 37, 53, 10: diu prope intermortuus jacuit, Suet. Ner. 42.—
B Trop.: gemmae jactatae in ignem, velut intermortuae, exstinguuntur, lose their lustre, Plin. 37, 7, 27, § 99: contiones, Cic. Mil. 5, 12: mores boni plerique omnes jam sunt intermortui, Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 7: Catilinae reliquiae, Cic. Pis. 7 fin.: memoria generis sui, id. Mur. 7, 16 fin.>
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
intermŏrĭor,¹³ mortŭus sum, mŏrī, intr., mourir dans l’intervalle, pendant ce temps-là : Cato Agr. 161, 3 ; Plin. 21, 114 ; Curt. 6, 6, 31 || [fig.] Bithyn. d. Cic. Fam. 6, 16 ; Liv. 34, 49, 2 || part. intermortuus, a, um, mort dans l’intervalle, mort pendant un laps de temps [pr. et fig.] : Liv. 37, 53, 10 ; Suet. Nero 42 ; Cic. Mur. 16 ; Pis. 16 ; Mil. 12.
