mortemulo

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Etymology

mortema (mortal) +‎ -ulo.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ulo
  • Hyphenation: mor‧te‧mu‧lo

Noun

mortemulo (accusative singular mortemulon, plural mortemuloj, accusative plural mortemulojn)

  1. mortal (someone susceptible to death)
    • 1907, Kabe, chapter 23, in La Faraono, part 2, Hachette, translation of Faraon by Bolesław Prus:
      Ofte okazis, ke senpripensa mortemulo, tro proksimiĝinte al la plej sankta loko, ricevis nevideblan baton, kiu senigis lin je la konscio, eĉ je la vivo.
      Often it happens that an unthinking mortal, having come too close to the holiest of places, suffers an invisible strike, which renders him unconscious or even dead.