morus

See also: Morus and Mórus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μόρον (móron)

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmoː.rus/, [ˈmoː.rʊs]

Noun

mōrus f (genitive mōrī); second declension

  1. the black mulberry tree

Declension

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative mōrus mōrī
Genitive mōrī mōrōrum
Dative mōrō mōrīs
Accusative mōrum mōrōs
Ablative mōrō mōrīs
Vocative mōre mōrī

Derived terms

  • mōrulus

Descendants

References

  • morus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • morus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • morus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • morus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to die at a good old age: exacta aetate mori
    • (ambiguous) to starve oneself to death: inediā mori or vitam finire
    • (ambiguous) to die a natural death: necessaria (opp. voluntaria) morte mori
    • (ambiguous) to die of wounds: ex vulnere mori (Fam. 10. 33)
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