morio

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

mōrĭo: ōnis, m., = μωρός,
I an arrant fool (post-Aug.): quidam tantae sunt fatuitatis, ut non multum a pecoribus differant: quos moriones vulgo vocant, Aug. Ep. 26; Plin. Ep. 9, 17, 1 sq.; Mart. 8, 13; 14, 210 in lemm.—
II Transf., a monster, deformed person, Mart. 6, 39, 17.
mŏrĭo: or mŏrĭon, a false reading for mormorion, Plin. 37, 10, 63, § 173.