ē-mŏrĭor, mortuus, 3 (old form of the inf. emoriri, Ter. Eun. 432; but Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 124, moriri, Ritschl), v. dep. n., to die off, to die, depart, decease, v. Doed. Syn. 3, p. 183 sq. (freq. and class.).
I Lit.: emori me malim, Plaut. As. 4, 2, 1; so id. Aul. 4, 5, 1; Ter. Phorm. 956; Cic. Pis. 7, 15; id. Off. 3, 32, 114; id. Tusc. 1, 40, 96; id. Par. 3, 2, 24; Sall. C. 20, 9; id. J. 14 fin. ; Ov. M. 3, 391; Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 26 sq.; Ter. Eun. 888; Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 243; id. de Sen. 19, 74; 22, 80; Cat. 52, 1, 4.—Prov.: verba facit emortuo, he talks to the dead , i. e. in vain, Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 18.—
B Transf., of things, to become dead , to die : membrum, Cels. 5, 26, 34 fin. : arbor, Vitr. 2, 9; Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 221: carbo, i. e. to go out , id. 16, 6, 8, § 23: sterilis et emoriens terra, desert , Curt. 4, 7, 10; cf. vulva, Vulg. Rom. 4, 19.—
II Trop., to perish , pass away , cease : quorum laus emori non potest, Cic. Par. 2, 18: vis, Cels. 2, 10: dicta (with evanescere), Quint. 12, 10, 75: spes (opp. elucere), id. 1, 1, 2: amor, Ov. R. Am. 654: auxilium, Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 14.