morum
Latin
editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈmoː.rum/, [ˈmoːrʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmo.rum/, [ˈmɔːrum]
Etymology 1
editFrom Ancient Greek μόρον (móron).
Noun
editmōrum n (genitive mōrī); second declension
- mulberry (fruit)
- blackberry
Declension
editSecond-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | mōrum | mōra |
Genitive | mōrī | mōrōrum |
Dative | mōrō | mōrīs |
Accusative | mōrum | mōra |
Ablative | mōrō | mōrīs |
Vocative | mōrum | mōra |
Synonyms
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- “morum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “morum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- morum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) the earth brings forth fruit, crops: terra effert (more rarely fert, but not profert) fruges
- (ambiguous) Vesuvius is discharging flame: Vesuvius evomit (more strongly eructat) ignes
- (ambiguous) to make an impression on the senses: sensus movere (more strongly pellere)
- (ambiguous) to die at a good old age: exacta aetate mori
- (ambiguous) to starve oneself to death: inediā mori or vitam finire
- (ambiguous) to make a person laugh: risum elicere (more strongly excutere) alicui
- (ambiguous) to die a natural death: necessaria (opp. voluntaria) morte mori
- (ambiguous) to court a person's favour; to ingratiate oneself with..: gratiam alicuius sibi quaerere, sequi, more strongly aucupari
- (ambiguous) to refuse, reject a request: negare, more strongly denegare alicui aliquid
- (ambiguous) to form a plan, make a resolution: consilium capere, inire (de aliqua re, with Gen. gerund., with Inf., more rarely ut)
- (ambiguous) to detain a person: in mora alicui esse
- (ambiguous) without delay: sine mora or nulla mora interposita
- (ambiguous) a lifelike picture of everyday life: morum ac vitae imitatio
- (ambiguous) to inspire fear, terror: timorem, terrorem alicui inicere, more strongly incutere
- (ambiguous) to be cast down, discouraged, in despair: animo esse humili, demisso (more strongly animo esse fracto, perculso et abiecto) (Att. 3. 2)
- (ambiguous) to disconcert a person: animum alicuius de statu, de gradu demovere (more strongly depellere, deturbare)
- (ambiguous) to long for a thing, yearn for it: desiderio alicuius rei teneri, affici (more strongly flagrare, incensum esse)
- (ambiguous) to make sport of, rally a person: illudere alicui or in aliquem (more rarely aliquem)
- (ambiguous) to give moral advice, rules of conduct: morum praecepta tradere alicui
- (ambiguous) a stern critic of morals: severus morum castigator
- (ambiguous) it is customary to..: mos (moris) est, ut (Brut. 21. 84)
- (ambiguous) it is traditional usage: more, usu receptum est
- (ambiguous) according to the custom and tradition of my fathers: more institutoque maiorum (Mur. 1. 1)
- (ambiguous) to pass the whole day in discussion: dicendi mora diem extrahere, eximere, tollere
- (ambiguous) to die of wounds: ex vulnere mori (Fam. 10. 33)
- (ambiguous) the earth brings forth fruit, crops: terra effert (more rarely fert, but not profert) fruges
Etymology 2
editNoun
editmōrum
Old English
editNoun
editmōrum
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