moribundus

Latin

Etymology

morior (“die”) +‎ -bundus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /mo.riˈbun.dus/, [mɔrɪˈbʊn̪d̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mo.riˈbun.dus/, [moriˈbun̪d̪us]

Adjective

moribundus (feminine moribunda, neuter moribundum); first/second-declension adjective

1. dying, expiring, moribund
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.323:

     “[...] Cui mē moribundam dēseris? [...]”

     “To whom do you forsaken me, a dying [woman]?”
     (Dido, heartbroken, fears those who may hurt or kill her, and may already be contemplating suicide; thus Aeneas’s departure will likely prove fatal to her.)

2. fatal, mortal, deadly

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	moribundus	moribunda	moribundum		moribundī	moribundae	moribunda
Genitive	moribundī	moribundae	moribundī		moribundōrum	moribundārum	moribundōrum
Dative	moribundō		moribundō		moribundīs
Accusative	moribundum	moribundam	moribundum		moribundōs	moribundās	moribunda
Ablative	moribundō	moribundā	moribundō		moribundīs
Vocative	moribunde	moribunda	moribundum		moribundī	moribundae	moribunda

Descendants

• → Catalan: moribund
• → English: moribund
• → French: moribond
• → Galician: moribundo
• → Italian: moribondo
• → Portuguese: moribundo
• → Romanian: muribund
• → Spanish: moribundo

References

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