moriens

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Latin

Etymology

Present participle of morior.

Participle

moriēns (genitive morientis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. dying, perishing
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.674:
      per mediōs ruit ac morientem nōmine clāmat
      rushes through their midst and cries out to her dying by name.
  2. decaying, withering

Declension

Third-declension participle.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative moriēns morientēs morientia
genitive morientis morientium
dative morientī morientibus
accusative morientem moriēns morientēs
morientīs 		morientia
ablative moriente
morientī1 		morientibus
vocative moriēns morientēs morientia

1When used purely as an adjective.

References

  • “moriens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • moriens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to close the eyes of a dying person: oculos operire (morienti)
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