mortal Copy link Outline I. Subject to deathII. Causing death1. mortĭfer, ĕra, ĕrum2. lētālis, e (rare in prose)3. mortālis, e (v. rare in this sense)4. expr. by verbIII. Relating to mortal men • mortal: I. Subject to death: mortālis, e: Cic.: Sall.: Hor. Phr.: we are m., we and ours, debemur morti, nos nostraque, Hor. A. P. 63. II. Causing death: 1. mortĭfer, ĕra, ĕrum: to receive a m. wound, m. vulnus accipere, Nep. Epam. 9: Cic. Sull. 26, 73 (fig.). 2. lētālis, e (rare in prose): a m. wound, l. vulnus, Suet. Caes. 82. 3. mortālis, e (v. rare in this sense): a stab only two inches deep is m., puncta duas uncias adacta m. est, Veg. Mil. 1, 12. 4. expr. by verb: a cut is rarely m., caesa non frequenter interficit, Veg. l. c.: a wound in the spinal cord is always m., servari non potest cui in spina medulla percussa est, Cels. 5, 26, 2: in the case of wounds not m., ubi aliquis ictus est qui servari potest, ib. § 21. See also deadly (adj.), fatal. III. Relating to mortal men: mortālis: m. works, m. facta. Hor. A. P. 68: a m. wound (inflicted by a man), m. vulnus, Virg. Aen. 12, 797.
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.
MORTAL Copy link • MORTALSubject to death, mortalis; morti obnoxius: mortals, homines, mortales (☞ m the best prose only in connection with omnes, cuncti, multi not for homines, general term). Deadly, destructive, mortifer (☞ letalis or letifer, poetical). Extreme (a vulgar acceptation of the word); by superlatives: a mortal enemy, hostis capitalis, infensissimus, implacabilis. Human, humanus.