mortal (subs.) Copy link • mortal (subs.): usu. pl., mortals, mortales, ium: Sall. Cat. 2, et pass.: Cic.: Hor. Also, homines, homunculi: cf. Cic. N. D. 1, 44, 123, homunculis similem Deum fingere, to fashion God like to us poor m.s: also, Sulp. in Cic. Fam. 4, 5, nos homunculi indignamur, we poor m.s are indignant: so in Lucr., homulli, 3, 927.