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mortuos

mortuos is a Latin form of morior, meaning “die”.

It can also be a form of mortuus, “dead; (noun) a dead person”. It is the accusative plural masculine noun or accusative plural masculine adjective.

Found 53 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, Pro A. Cluentio 188: … familiae dedecus pertinebant. nihil de alteris Oppianici nuptiis queror, quarum illa cum obsides filios ab eo mortuos accepisset, tum denique in familiae luctum atque in privignorum funus nupsit. praetereo quod A.Aulum Aurium c …

Plautus, Amphitruo 5.1.1074: credo édepol, nam, pro Iúppiter, sepúltust quasi sit mórtuos.

All forms of morior (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.