morsus
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈmor.sus/, [ˈmɔrs̠ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmor.sus/, [ˈmɔrsus]
Etymology 1
Perfect passive participle of mordeō (“I bite”).
Participle
morsus (feminine morsa, neuter morsum); first/second-declension participle
- bitten, eaten, devoured, consumed, having been bitten
- (figuratively) stung, pained, hurt, bitten, having been stung
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | morsus | morsa | morsum | morsī | morsae | morsa | |
Genitive | morsī | morsae | morsī | morsōrum | morsārum | morsōrum | |
Dative | morsō | morsō | morsīs | ||||
Accusative | morsum | morsam | morsum | morsōs | morsās | morsa | |
Ablative | morsō | morsā | morsō | morsīs | |||
Vocative | morse | morsa | morsum | morsī | morsae | morsa |
Etymology 2
mordeō (“I bite”) + -sus (action noun).
Noun
morsus m (genitive morsūs); fourth declension
- a bite, sting
- (by extension) sharpness of flavor, sharp taste, pungency
- (figuratively) pain, vexation, bite, sting
- vocative singular of morsus
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | morsus | morsūs |
Genitive | morsūs | morsuum |
Dative | morsuī | morsibus |
Accusative | morsum | morsūs |
Ablative | morsū | morsibus |
Vocative | morsus | morsūs |
Derived terms
Descendants
Noun
(deprecated template usage) morsūs
- nominative plural of morsus
- genitive singular of morsus
- accusative plural of morsus
- vocative plural of morsus
References
- “morsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “morsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- morsus 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)
- morsus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- the pain is very severe: acer morsus doloris est (Tusc. 2. 22. 53)
- the pain is very severe: acer morsus doloris est (Tusc. 2. 22. 53)
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- Latin masculine nouns
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