moribundus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

mŏrĭbundus, a, um, adj. [morior].

I Dying (class.): minus valet, moribundus est, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 15: jacentem moribundumque vidistis, Cic. Sest. 39, 85: moribundus procubuit, Liv. 26, 15: anima, Ov. Tr. 4, 5, 3.—Transf.: vox, Stat. Th. 8, 643: membra, mortal , Verg. A. 6, 732; Ap. Deo Socr. 4, p. 43 fin. : corpus, id. Mag. 50, p. 306.—

II Act., causing death , i. e. deadly, unwholesome (poet.): moribunda a sede Pisauri, Cat. 81, 3.

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