morus
See also: Morus and Mórus
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmoː.rus/, [ˈmoːrʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmo.rus/, [ˈmɔːrus]
Etymology 1
From mōrum (“mulberry fruit”) or Ancient Greek μορέα (moréa, “mulberry tree”).
Noun
mōrus f (genitive mōrī); second declension
- the black mulberry tree
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | mōrus | mōrī |
| Genitive | mōrī | mōrōrum |
| Dative | mōrō | mōrīs |
| Accusative | mōrum | mōrōs |
| Ablative | mōrō | mōrīs |
| Vocative | mōre | mōrī |
Derived terms
- mōrulus
Descendants
- French: mûre
- Italian: moro
- North Italian:
- Romagnol: mór
- Romanian: mur
- Spanish: moro
- → English: morula
- → Polish: morwa
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: му̑рва
- Latin: mȗrva
- → Proto-West Germanic: *mōrubaʀi (see there for further descendants)
Etymology 2
From Ancient Greek μωρός (mōrós).
Adjective
mōrus (feminine mōra, neuter mōrum); first/second-declension adjective
- foolish, silly, pixilated
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | mōrus | mōra | mōrum | mōrī | mōrae | mōra | |
| Genitive | mōrī | mōrae | mōrī | mōrōrum | mōrārum | mōrōrum | |
| Dative | mōrō | mōrō | mōrīs | ||||
| Accusative | mōrum | mōram | mōrum | mōrōs | mōrās | mōra | |
| Ablative | mōrō | mōrā | mōrō | mōrīs | |||
| Vocative | mōre | mōra | mōrum | mōrī | mōrae | mōra | |
Derived terms
- mōrē
- mōror
- mōrio
- mōrōsus
References
- “morus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “morus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- morus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- morus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to die at a good old age: exacta aetate mori
- (ambiguous) to starve oneself to death: inediā mori or vitam finire
- (ambiguous) to die a natural death: necessaria (opp. voluntaria) morte mori
- (ambiguous) to die of wounds: ex vulnere mori (Fam. 10. 33)
- (ambiguous) to die at a good old age: exacta aetate mori
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɔ.rus/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔrus
- Syllabification: mo‧rus
Etymology 1
Clipping of morowiec + -us.
Noun
morus m pers
- (colloquial, rare) brick, dodger, slyboots
- Synonyms: morowiec, spryciarz, zuch
Declension
Declension of morus
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | morus | morusy |
| genitive | morusa | morusów |
| dative | morusowi | morusom |
| accusative | morusa | morusów |
| instrumental | morusem | morusami |
| locative | morusie | morusach |
| vocative | morusie | morusy |
Related terms
adjective
- morowy
noun
- mór
Etymology 2
Borrowed from German Mohr + -us, from Latin Maurus, from Ancient Greek Μαυρός (Maurós). Doublet of Maur, murzyn, and Murzyn.
Noun
morus m pers (diminutive morusek)
- (colloquial) slob, sloven
- Synonyms: brudas, smoluch
Derived terms
verb
- morusać impf
Further reading
- morus in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- morus in Polish dictionaries at PWN