moriens

Latin[edit]

Present participle of morior.

moriēns (genitive morientis); third-declension one-termination participle

dying, perishing
- 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.674:
  per mediōs ruit ac morientem nōmine clāmat
  [Anna] rushes through their midst and cries out to her dying [sister] by name.
decaying, withering

Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter	Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Number	Singular		Plural
Nominative	moriēns		morientēs	morientia
Genitive	morientis		morientium
Dative	morientī		morientibus
Accusative	morientem	moriēns	morientēs morientīs	morientia
Ablative	moriente morientī¹		morientibus
Vocative	moriēns		morientēs	morientia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

“moriens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
moriens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to close the eyes of a dying person: oculos operire (morienti)