mortĭfer or (rarely) mortĭfĕrus, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. [mors-fero],
death-bringing, death-dealing, deadly, fatal (class.; syn.: lethalis, funestus): poculum, Cic. Tusc. 1, 29, 71: morbus, id. Div. 1, 30, 63: vulnus, id. Leg. 2, 5, 13: bellum, Verg. A. 6, 279: gravior dolor nec tamen mortiferus, Cels. 4, 2 init. ; 5, 26, 22; Aug. de Util. Cred. § 36: res mortifera est inimicus pumice levis, Juv. 9, 95; 10, 10.— Neutr. plur. as subst.: mortĭfĕra , um, deadly things : cur tam multa mortifera terra mortique (deus) disperserit, Cic. Ac. 2 ( Luc. ), 38, 120 (B. and K. pestifera).—Hence, adv.: mortĭfĕrē , mortally, fatally (post-Aug.): mortifere aegrotare, Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 3: vulnerare, Dig. 9, 2, 36, § 1.