mortifer

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From mors (“death”) +‎ -fer (“-carrying”), literally “death-bearing”. Calque of Ancient Greek θανατηφόρος (thanatēphóros).

Pronunciation

Adjective

mortifer (feminine mortifera, neuter mortiferum); first/second declension

  1. deadly, fatal
    • Gospel of Mark, from 16:18
      Et si mortiferum quid biberint non eos nocebit.
      And if they drink anything deadly it shall not harm them.

Inflection

First/second declension, nominative masculine singular in -er.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative mortifer mortifera mortiferum mortiferī mortiferae mortifera
Genitive mortiferī mortiferae mortiferī mortiferōrum mortiferārum mortiferōrum
Dative mortiferō mortiferae mortiferō mortiferīs mortiferīs mortiferīs
Accusative mortiferum mortiferam mortiferum mortiferōs mortiferās mortifera
Ablative mortiferō mortiferā mortiferō mortiferīs mortiferīs mortiferīs
Vocative mortifer mortifera mortiferum mortiferī mortiferae mortifera

Descendants

References
  • mortifer in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • mortifer in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • mortifer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to drain the cup of poison: poculum mortis (mortiferum) exhaurire (Cluent. 11. 31)
    • to inflict a death-blow: plagam extremam or mortiferam infligere
    • to inflict a mortal wound on some one: mortiferam plagam alicui infligere
    • to be (seriously, mortally) wounded: vulnus (grave, mortiferum) accipere, excipere
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