Dictionary formmortalis, mortale
Translation
mortal; human
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Examples
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All men are mortal.
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Nothing mortal is eternal.
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The body is mortal, the soul is not.
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God gave life to mortals.
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The race of mortals fears death.
Mortalis, mortale is a third declension adjective of two terminations: masculine and feminine share mortalis, only the neuter differs. It is an i-stem, so the ablative singular is mortali, the genitive plural mortalium and the neuter plural mortalia.
Used as a noun in the plural it simply means human beings, and genitives like mortalium are a common poetic substitute for hominum where the metre will not take it. Its opposite immortalis is the standing epithet of the gods, and di immortales is the Roman equivalent of "good heavens" - an exclamation, not a theological claim. English mortal came through French with the sense untouched.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 6, lesson 11: mortalis, senatus, status and 7 more words.