mortifer

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See also: mortífer and mortifèr

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From mors (death) +‎ -fer (-carrying), literally “death-bearing”. Calque of Ancient Greek θανατηφόρος (thanatēphóros).

Pronunciation

Adjective

mortifer (feminine mortifera, neuter mortiferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

  1. deadly, fatal, lethal
    • Gospel of Mark, Vulgate, from 16:18
      Et sī mortiferum quid biberint nōn eōs nocēbit.
      And if they drink anything deadly it shall not harm them.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative mortifer mortifera mortiferum mortiferī mortiferae mortifera
Genitive mortiferī mortiferae mortiferī mortiferōrum mortiferārum mortiferōrum
Dative mortiferō mortiferō mortiferīs
Accusative mortiferum mortiferam mortiferum mortiferōs mortiferās mortifera
Ablative mortiferō mortiferā mortiferō mortiferīs
Vocative mortifer mortifera mortiferum mortiferī mortiferae mortifera

Descendants

References

  • mortifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • mortifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • mortifer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to drain the cup of poison: poculum mortis (mortiferum) exhaurire (Cluent. 11. 31)
    • to inflict a death-blow: plagam extremam or mortiferam infligere
    • to inflict a mortal wound on some one: mortiferam plagam alicui infligere
    • to be (seriously, mortally) wounded: vulnus (grave, mortiferum) accipere, excipere

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mortiferus or French mortifère.

Adjective

mortifer m or n (feminine singular mortiferă, masculine plural mortiferi, feminine and neuter plural mortifere)

  1. lethal

Declension