mortalis

Latin

Etymology

From mors +‎ -ālis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /morˈtaː.lis/, [mɔrˈt̪äːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /morˈta.lis/, [morˈt̪äːlis]

Adjective

mortālis (neuter mortāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. mortal (subject to death).

Declension

• Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	mortālis	mortāle		mortālēs	mortālia
Genitive	mortālis			mortālium
Dative	mortālī			mortālibus
Accusative	mortālem	mortāle		mortālēs mortālīs	mortālia
Ablative	mortālī			mortālibus
Vocative	mortālis	mortāle		mortālēs	mortālia

Antonyms

• nātālis
• vītālis
• immortālis

Derived terms

• immortālis

Descendants

• Catalan: mortal
• → English: mortal
• Old French: mortel
  • French: mortel
• Galician: mortal
• Gallurese: moltali, multali
• Italian: mortale
• Portuguese: mortal
• Romanian: mortal
• Sardinian:
  • Campidanese: mortali
  • Logudorese: mortale
  • Nuorese: mortale
• Sassarese: murthari
• Old Spanish: mortal
  • Spanish: mortal

References

• “mortalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “mortalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• mortalis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.