Noun: morsus
Hyphenation:
Gender: Masculine
Declension: Fourth
Nominative
| Singular | morsus |
| Plural | morsūs |
Genitive
| Singular | morsūs |
| Plural | morsuum |
Dative
| Singular | morsuī |
| Plural | morsibus |
Accusative
| Singular | morsum |
| Plural | morsūs |
Ablative
| Singular | morsū |
| Plural | morsibus |
Vocative
| Singular | morsus |
| Plural | morsūs |
Sample Sentences
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voluptăs omnis […]
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apiumque pār volantum
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ubi grāta mella fūdit,
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fugit et nimis tenācī (every pleasure […] , like swarming bees, it pours out delightful honey and then flees, hitting our beaten hearts with a long-lasting sting.) [524 CE, Boethius, Consolation of Philosophy 3.7m]
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[...] Hīc fessās nōn vincula nāvēs (Here [there are] not any cables tying weary ships, nor anchor with barbed fluke holding fast.
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(An anchor “bites” the sand not unlike a tooth.)) [29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 1.168–169]
Nouns inflected like morsus
frūctus,
scītus,
sessus,
saltus,
socrus,
accubitus,
flūctus,
septemvirātus,
vīctus,
flū̆xus,
olfactus,
pugilātus,
perfectus,
bālātus,
pāstus,
īnfectus,
subrīsus,
sēnsus,
īnflūxus,
arcessītus, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *(s)merd-
3. Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
4. Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti
5. Proto-Indo-European *(s)mordéyeti
6. Proto-Italic *mordejō
7. Proto-Italic *mordeō
8. Latin mordeō
9. Proto-Indo-European *-tus
10. Proto-Italic *-tus
11. Latin -sus
12. Latin morsus
13. From mordeō (“to bite”) + -sus (action noun).
Verbs referencing "morsus"
Catalan Nouns
mos, French Nouns
mors, English Nouns
morse, Italian Nouns
morso, Greek Nouns
μόρσο.
Translations