See also: Morio

French edit

Pronunciation edit

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Noun edit

morio m (plural morios)

  1. mourning cloak; Camberwell beauty

Further reading edit

Latin edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Ancient Greek μωρός (mōrós, slow, dull).

Noun edit

mōriō m (genitive mōriōnis); third declension

  1. absolute fool
  2. monster (deformed person)
    • 86 CE – 103 CE, Martial, Epigrammata 6.39.15–21:
      [] Hunc vērō acūtō capite et auribus longīs,
      quae sīc moventur ut solent asellōrum,
      quis mōriōnis fīlium negat Cyrtae?
      Duae sorōrēs, illa nigra et haec rūfa,
      Crotī choraulae vīlicīque sunt Carpī.
      Iam Niobidārum grex tibī foret plēnus
      sī spadŏ Corēsus Dindymusque nōn esset.
      This one though with the pointed head and long ears,
      which so move, like those of asses often do,
      who denies that he is the son of Cyrta the monster?
      Two sisters, that one swarthy and this one red-haired,
      are Chrotus' the flute-player' and Carpus' the steward's.
      Now the swarm of children of Niobe were full
      if Coresus and Dindymus weren't eunuchs.
Declension edit

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative mōriō mōriōnēs
Genitive mōriōnis mōriōnum
Dative mōriōnī mōriōnibus
Accusative mōriōnem mōriōnēs
Ablative mōriōne mōriōnibus
Vocative mōriō mōriōnēs

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

moriō (present infinitive morīre, perfect active morīvī or moriī, supine mortum); fourth conjugation (Late Latin)

  1. Alternative form of morior (to die) (attested from the fourth century CE.[1])
Conjugation edit
   Conjugation of moriō (fourth conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present moriō morīs morit morīmus morītis moriunt
imperfect moriēbam moriēbās moriēbat moriēbāmus moriēbātis moriēbant
future moriam moriēs moriet moriēmus moriētis morient
perfect morīvī,
moriī
morīvistī,
moriistī
morīvit,
moriit
morīvimus,
moriimus
morīvistis,
moriistis
morīvērunt,
morīvēre,
moriērunt,
moriēre
pluperfect morīveram,
morieram
morīverās,
morierās
morīverat,
morierat
morīverāmus,
morierāmus
morīverātis,
morierātis
morīverant,
morierant
future perfect morīverō,
morierō
morīveris,
morieris
morīverit,
morierit
morīverimus,
morierimus
morīveritis,
morieritis
morīverint,
morierint
passive present morior morīris,
morīre
morītur morīmur morīminī moriuntur
imperfect moriēbar moriēbāris,
moriēbāre
moriēbātur moriēbāmur moriēbāminī moriēbantur
future moriar moriēris,
moriēre
moriētur moriēmur moriēminī morientur
perfect mortus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect mortus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect mortus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present moriam moriās moriat moriāmus moriātis moriant
imperfect morīrem morīrēs morīret morīrēmus morīrētis morīrent
perfect morīverim,
morierim
morīverīs,
morierīs
morīverit,
morierit
morīverīmus,
morierīmus
morīverītis,
morierītis
morīverint,
morierint
pluperfect morīvissem,
moriissem
morīvissēs,
moriissēs
morīvisset,
moriisset
morīvissēmus,
moriissēmus
morīvissētis,
moriissētis
morīvissent,
moriissent
passive present moriar moriāris,
moriāre
moriātur moriāmur moriāminī moriantur
imperfect morīrer morīrēris,
morīrēre
morīrētur morīrēmur morīrēminī morīrentur
perfect mortus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect mortus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present morī morīte
future morītō morītō morītōte moriuntō
passive present morīre morīminī
future morītor morītor moriuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives morīre morīvisse,
moriisse
mortūrum esse morīrī mortum esse mortum īrī
participles moriēns mortūrus mortus moriendus,
moriundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
moriendī moriendō moriendum moriendō mortum mortū

References edit

  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “mŏri”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 6/3: Mobilis–Myxa, page 137

Further reading edit

  • morio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • morio 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)
  • morio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • morio”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • morio in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • morio”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Serbo-Croatian edit

Participle edit

morio (Cyrillic spelling морио)

  1. masculine singular active past participle of moriti

Welsh edit

Etymology edit

From môr (sea) +‎ -io.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

morio (first-person singular present moriaf)

  1. (transitive or intransitive) to sail, to navigate
    Pam na chaf i fynd fel pawb i forio?
    Why can't I go sailing like everybody else?
  2. (transitive or intransitive) to sing (a tune)

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

Mutation edit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
morio forio unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “morio”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies