mortuus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect active participle of morior (“die”). Corresponds to Proto-Indo-European *mr̥twós, *mr̥tós (“dead, mortal”), *mr̥tó-, ultimately from *mer- (“to die”) + *-wós (whence Latin -uus). Compare Ancient Greek βροτός (brotós), Sanskrit मृत (mṛtá), Proto-Slavic *mьrtvъ, Old Armenian մարդ (mard).

Pronunciation

Adjective

mortuus (feminine mortua, neuter mortuum); first/second declension

  1. dead, having died.
  2. decayed, withered
  3. (figuratively) faint, overwhelmed.

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative mortuus mortua mortuum mortuī mortuae mortua
Genitive mortuī mortuae mortuī mortuōrum mortuārum mortuōrum
Dative mortuō mortuae mortuō mortuīs mortuīs mortuīs
Accusative mortuum mortuam mortuum mortuōs mortuās mortua
Ablative mortuō mortuā mortuō mortuīs mortuīs mortuīs
Vocative mortue mortua mortuum mortuī mortuae mortua

Descendants

Noun

mortuus m (genitive mortuī); second declension

  1. a dead person, dead man
  2. a corpse, dead body

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative mortuus mortuī
Genitive mortuī mortuōrum
Dative mortuō mortuīs
Accusative mortuum mortuōs
Ablative mortuō mortuīs
Vocative mortue mortuī

See also

References
  • mortuus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • mortuus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • mortuus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • mortuus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to entomb a dead body: mortuum in sepulcro condere
    • to burn a corpse: aliquem mortuum cremare (Sen. 23. 84)
    • to summon some one from the dead: aliquem ab inferis or a mortuis evocare, excitare (passive ab inferis exsistere)
    • the last wishes of a deceased person: alicuius mortui voluntas (suprema)
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