morus

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See also: Morus and Mórus

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From mōrum (mulberry fruit) or Ancient Greek μορέᾱ (moréā, mulberry tree). From Proto-Indo-European *mórom (mulberry, blackberry).

Noun

mōrus f (genitive mōrī); second declension

  1. the black mulberry tree
Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative mōrus mōrī
genitive mōrī mōrōrum
dative mōrō mōrīs
accusative mōrum mōrōs
ablative mōrō mōrīs
vocative mōre mōrī
Derived terms
Descendants
  • French: mûre
  • Italian: moro
  • North Italian:
  • Romanian: mur
  • Spanish: moro
  • English: morula
  • Polish: morwa
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: му̑рва
    Latin script: mȗrva
  • Proto-West Germanic: *mōrubaʀi (see there for further descendants)

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek μωρός (mōrós).

Adjective

mōrus (feminine mōra, neuter mōrum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. foolish, silly, pixilated
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Derived terms

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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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)

Polish

Pronunciation

 
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  • Rhymes: -ɔrus
  • Syllabification: mo‧rus

Etymology 1

Clipping of morowiec + -us.

Noun

morus m pers

  1. (colloquial) good egg, good sort, mensch (person of strength, integrity and compassion)
    Synonyms: równiacha, równiak, równy gość, swój chłop
  2. (colloquial, rare) brick, dodger, slyboots
    Synonyms: morowiec, spryciarz, zuch
Declension
(adjective):
(noun):

Etymology 2

From German Mohr +‎ -us, from Latin Maurus, from Ancient Greek Μαῦρος (Maûros). Doublet of Maur, murzyn, and Murzyn.

Noun

morus m pers (diminutive morusek)

  1. (colloquial or dialectal, Far Masovian) slob, sloven
    Synonyms: brudas, smoluch
Derived terms
(verb):

Further reading

  • morus in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • morus in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894) “morus”, in “O języku ludowym w powiecie przasnyskim”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 114