morbus – Latin noun declension

Noun: morbus
Hyphenation:

Gender: Masculine Declension: Second

Nominative

Singular	morbus
Plural	morbī

Genitive

Singular	morbī
Plural	morbōrum

Dative

Singular	morbō
Plural	morbīs

Accusative

Singular	morbum
Plural	morbōs

Ablative

Singular	morbō
Plural	morbīs

Vocative

Singular	morbe
Plural	morbī

Sample Sentences

Cur anni tempora morbos adportant? (Why do the seasons of the year bring maladies?) [c. 99 BCE – 55 BCE, Lucretius, De rerum natura 5.220]
‘pelle procul morbōs; valeant hominēsque gregēsque, (‘‘Drive diseases far away; may both men and flocks be healthy,

and healthy too the watching dogs, that foreseeing pack.’’

(A shepherd’s prayer to Pales.)) [8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 4.763–764]

Nouns inflected like morbus

priāpismus, scāpus, servus, cuneolus, sargus, saccus, scarus, scinus, scopus, illēgitimus, sorbus, sophus, somnus, Hispānus, soccus, sirpus, siclus, icterus, cunīculus, xystus, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

Uncertain. Pokorny, writing in the mid 20th-century, connected the term with Ancient Greek μαραίνω (maraínō), Old Irish meirb, Latin mortārium, and Old Norse merja. In more recent writings, De Vaan suggests a possible connection with Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“to die”), whence also morior (“to die”). The root may have been extended with a morpheme *-bʰo-, which perhaps also appears in terms such as sorbum or albus, all of which are adjectives relating to appearance. However, De Vaan notes that Proto-Indo-European formation of the shape *mor-bʰo- is unusual. De Vaan suggests a possible relation to Welsh merwydden and Ancient Greek μόρον (móron), both of which derive from a non-Indo-European substrate. See: Latin Nouns 'mortārium', Old Norse Nouns 'merja', Ancient Greek Nouns 'μόρον'.

Verbs referencing "morbus"

English Nouns morbilli, Galician Nouns brume, Italian Nouns morbido, Italian Nouns morbo, French Nouns morve, German Nouns Morbus, English Nouns morbs, Bulgarian Nouns морбили.