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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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|georg=mors, mortis, f. (zu [[Wurzel]] mor, wov. [[auch]] [[morior]], [[verwandt]] [[mit]] [[μόρος]], μοιρα, der [[Tod]], I) eig. u. übtr.: A) eig.: acerba, Cic.: m. honesta, Nep.: celeris, Suet.: immatura, Lucr., Catull., Cic. u.a.: innoxia, Iustin.: matura, [[Flor]]. 3, 17, 9: [[necessaria]], der natürliche, Cic.: perspicua, Cic.: alci propinqua, Cic.: repentina, Cic.: voluntaria, Cic.: [[mors]] [[coacta]], Ggstz. fortuita, Tac.: [[cuius]] aetati [[mors]] [[propior]] erat, Sall. fr.: beata L. Crassi [[mors]] [[illa]], [[quae]] est a multis [[saepe]] defleta, Cic.: [[fames]], miserrima omnium [[mors]], Sall.: [[fames]] et [[frigus]], [[quae]] miserrima mortis genera sunt, Cic.: [[mors]] crucis, Kreuzestod, Augustin. in Ioann. tract. 124, 1. – mortis [[periculum]], Caes.: mortis [[poena]] od. poenae, Cic.: [[potio]] mortis causā data, Ps. Quint. decl.: civium suorom vitae mortisque [[arbiter]], Sen. – morti [[proximus]], [[Fronto]], Augustin. u.a.: morti [[vicinus]], Capit., [[Hieron]]. u.a. (s. [[über]] [[beide]] [[Krebs]]-Schmalz Antib.⁷ Bd. 2. S. 103 u. 104 [[unter]] [[mors]]). – [[mors]] (alci) appropinquat, Cic. – obire mortem, s. ob-eo: mortem subire, suscipere, s. [[sub]]-eo, [[suscipio]]: occumbere mortem, s. [[occumbo]]: mortem oppetere, s. [[oppeto]]: voluntariam mortem petere, Gell.: [[cupide]] mortem expetere [[pro]] salute civium, Cic.: morti od. ad mortem se offerre, s. [[offero]]: mortem [[sibi]] consciscere, Cic.: mortem alci afferre, Plaut.: afferre alci causam mortis voluntariae, Cic.: alci mortem inferre u. offerre, Cic.: alqm dare ad mortem, Plaut., od. morti, Hor.: alqm morti mittere, Plaut.: alqm morte afficere, Cic.: mortem proponere, Cic.: ad mortem trudi, Cic.: morte deleri, Cic.: alqm morte multare, Cic., punire, Plin. ep.: alqm morte damnare (v. der [[Natur]]), Sen.: alqm ad mortem damnare, Tac.: alci morti [[esse]], jmdm. den [[Tod]] [[bringen]], Cic.: [[ebenso]] mortem facere, Ov.: morte suā mori, eines natürlichen T. [[sterben]], Sen.: [[ebenso]] suā morte defungi, Suet.: inhonestā morte mori, Tert.: vitam cum morte commutare, Sulpic. in Cic. ep.: mortem servituti anteponere, Cic.: mortem deprecari, um [[sein]] [[Leben]] [[bitten]], Caes.: mortem alcis persequi, Cic., Caes. u. Liv.: fidenti [[animo]] ad mortem gradiri, Cic.: alqm ex media morte eripere, Cic.: mortem alcis lacerare, jmd. im Tode, Cic.: so [[auch]] alcis vitam spoliare, [[eius]] mortem ornare, Cic.: Drusum matura [[mors]] abstulit, [[Flor]]. 3, 17, 9. – in mortem (zum [[Todesstoß]]) destringere [[ferrum]], Tac. – in morte, [[noch]] im T., [[noch]] [[nach]] dem T., Verg.: in extrema morte, an der äußersten [[Grenze]] [[des]] T., in den letzten Augenblicken, Catull. u. Verg.: so [[auch]] supremā morte, Hor. u.a. (s. Schmid Hor. ep. 2, 2, 173). – Plur. mortes, [[wie]] θάνατοι, α) v. Tode mehrerer, [[Tod]], Todesfälle, mortes imperatoriae, Cic.: mortes [[quattuor]], Mart.: mortes meorum, Plin. ep.: clarae mortes [[pro]] [[patria]] oppetitae, Aufopferungen [[für]] das V. [[durch]] den [[Tod]], Cic.: quibus videmus optabiles mortes fuisse cum [[gloria]], Aufopferungen [[durch]] [[einen]] rühmlichen [[Tod]], Cic.: perdere mortes, den [[Tod]] [[verschwenden]], d.i. [[unnütz]] [[Tod]] ([[unter]] den Feinden) [[verbreiten]], Stat. – β) v. den verschiedenen Erscheinungen [[des]] Todes, die Todesarten, Todesgefahren, der [[Tod]] in [[jeder]] [[Gestalt]], o hominem [[mille]] mortibus dignum! Sen.: omnes per mortes animam dare, Verg.: omni imagine mortium, Tac. – B) übtr.: 1) [[von]] Lebl., der [[Tod]] = das [[Absterben]], Hinschwinden, [[hoc]] [[mors]] est illius, [[quod]] [[ante]] fuit, Lucr.: rerum omnium [[oblivio]] morsque memoriae, Plin. – 2) personif., die [[Gottheit]] Mors, [[Tochter]] [[des]] [[Erebus]] und der Nox, Cic. de nat. deor. 3, 44. Hyg. fab. praef. in. Verg. Aen. 11, 197. – II) meton.: 1) der [[Tod]] = der [[Leichnam]], die [[Leiche]], hominis, Plin.: morte campos contegi, Acc. fr.: [[nec]] sit in Attalico [[mors]] mea nixa toro, Prop. – ähnl. [[von]] einem Greise, odiosum est mortem amplexari, eine [[Leiche]], [[ein]] [[Skelett]], Plaut. – 2) [[wie]] [[φόνος]], = [[durch]] [[Mord]] vergossenes [[Blut]], Todesblut, ensem multā morte recepit, Verg. Aen. 9, 348. – 3) der, das Todbringende, der [[Tod]], [[mors]] terrorque sociorum [[lictor]] [[Sextius]], Cic. Verr. 5, 118. – [[ubi]] fratri [[suo]] paratam mortem (tödliche [[Gift]]) ebibit, Apul. [[met]]. 10, 5. p. 886 H.: aër [[fertilis]] in mortes, [[ergiebig]] an tödlichen Plagen, Lucan. 9, 625: u. Plur. mortes v. todbringenden Geschossen, Lucan. 7, 517. Sil. 9, 369. Stat. Theb. 6, 793. – / Archaist. Abl. morti, Lucr. 6, 1229 (1232).

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