moribundus

Latin

Etymology

morior (“die”) +‎ -bundus

Pronunciation

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.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative moribundus moribunda moribundum moribundī moribundae moribunda
genitive moribundī moribundae moribundī moribundōrum moribundārum moribundōrum
dative moribundō moribundae 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.
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