morior
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“to die”); cf. *mr̥-, *mr̥-to- (“death”). Cognate with Ancient Greek βροτός (“mortal”) (from an earlier form *μροτός), Proto-Germanic *murþaz (Old English morþ, English murder), Celtic *marwo- (Old Irish marb, Welsh marw (“died”)), Lithuanian mirti (“death”), Sanskrit मृत्यु (mṛtyú, “death”), Proto-Slavic *merti.
Verb[edit]
present active morior, present infinitive morī, perfect active mortuus sum. (deponent)
- I die.
- Horace
- Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori
- Sweet and glorious it is to die for the fatherland
- Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori
- Horace
- I decay, wither.
Inflection[edit]
Third Conjugation Deponent IO-variation
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | morior | moreris | moritur | morimur | moriminī | moriuntur |
| future | moriar | moriēris | moriētur | moriēmur | moriēminī | morientur | |
| imperfect | moriēbar | moriēbāris | moriēbātur | moriēbāmur | moriēbāminī | moriēbantur | |
| perfect | Use mortuus m, mortua f, mortuum n followed by the present indicative of sum. | ||||||
| future perfect | Use mortuus m, mortua f, mortuum n followed by the future indicative of sum. | ||||||
| pluperfect | Use mortuus m, mortua f, mortuum n followed by the imperfect indicative of sum. | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | moriar | moriāris | moriātur | moriāmur | moriāminī | moriantur |
| imperfect | morerer | morerēris | morerētur | morerēmur | morerēminī | morerentur | |
| perfect | Use mortuus m, mortua f, mortuum n followed by the present subjunctive of sum. | ||||||
| pluperfect | Use mortuus m, mortua f, mortuum n followed by the imperfect subjunctive of sum. | ||||||
| imperatives | active | passive | |||||
| present (you) | future (you) | future (he/she) | present (you) | future (you) | future (he/she) | ||
| singular | morere | moritor | moritor | — | — | — | |
| plural | moriminī | — | moriuntor | — | — | — | |
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | morī | mortuus esse | moritūrus esse | — | — | — | |
| participles | moriēns (morientis) | mortuus -a, -um | moritūrus -ra, -rum | — | — | moriendus -nda, -ndum | |
