mos Teutonicus
See also: mos teutonicus
Latin
FWOTD – 15 September 2017
Alternative forms
- mōs teutonicus
Etymology
mos (“custom”) + Teutonicus (“Teuton, German”). Although other peoples (including the French) sometimes practised it, the custom was most closely associated with the Germans.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /moːs teu̯ˈto.ni.kus/, [moːs teu̯ˈtɔ.nɪ.kʊs]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /mos teu̯ˈto.ni.kus/, [mos teu̯ˈtoː.ni.kus]
Noun
mōs Teutonicus m (genitive mōris Teutonicī); third declension
- the medieval custom, common among Germans and some others who died in Muslim lands, of dismembering the body of a dead person, boiling the parts in water or wine to separate the flesh from the bones, and transporting the bones back to the person's homeland
- 1735 September, Johannes Christianus Faber, Dissertatio Inauguralis de Conscensione Tori Conjugalis, page 28:
- […] , domum ac lectum Caroli VIII? observat BAELIUS, omnes ad MOREM TEUTONICUM respicientes Annam Britannicam habuisse pro uxore Maximiliani, […]
- 1777, Samuel Strykius, Usus moderni Pandectarum, continuatio tertia, libro XXIII usque ad XXXVIII page 952:
- Et licet leges romanae circa testamenta sint recepta; tamen id fallit, ubi principium vel juris vel moris Teutonici repugnat.
- 1735 September, Johannes Christianus Faber, Dissertatio Inauguralis de Conscensione Tori Conjugalis, page 28:
Inflection
Third declension noun with a second declension adjective.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | mōs Teutonicus |
Genitive | mōris Teutonicī |
Dative | mōrī Teutonicō |
Accusative | mōrem Teutonicum |
Ablative | mōre Teutonicō |
Vocative | mōs Teutonice |