Alternative forms

• mortiferus

Etymology

From mors (“death”) +‎ -fer (“-carrying”)Category:Latin terms suffixed with -fer#MORTIFER, literally “death-bearing”. Calque of Ancient GreekCategory:Latin terms calqued from Ancient Greek#MORTIFERCategory:Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek#MORTIFER θανατηφόρος (thanatēphóros).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmɔr.tɪ.fɛr]Category:Latin 3-syllable words#MORTIFERCategory:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation#MORTIFER
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmɔr.ti.fer]Category:Latin 3-syllable words#MORTIFERCategory:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation#MORTIFER

Adjective

mortifer (feminine mortifera, neuter mortiferum)Category:Latin lemmas#MORTIFERCategory:Latin adjectives#MORTIFERCategory:Latin first and second declension adjectives with nominative masculine singular in -er#MORTIFERCategory:Latin first and second declension adjectives#MORTIFERCategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#MORTIFERCategory:Pages with entries#MORTIFERCategory:Pages with 2 entries#MORTIFER; first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. deadly, fatal, lethal
   • Gospel of Mark, Vulgate, from 16:18

     Et sī mortiferum quid biberint nōn eōs nocēbit.

     And if they drink anything deadly it shall not harm them.

References

• “mortifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “mortifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “mortifer”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to drain the cup of poison: poculum mortis (mortiferum) exhaurire (Cluent. 11. 31)
    
  • to inflict a death-blow: plagam extremam or mortiferam infligere
    
  • to inflict a mortal wound on some one: mortiferam plagam alicui infligere
    
  • to be (seriously, mortally) wounded: vulnus (grave, mortiferum) accipere, excipere
    

  Category:Latin words in Meissner and Auden's phrasebook

Etymology

Borrowed from LatinCategory:Romanian terms borrowed from Latin#MORTIFERCategory:Romanian terms derived from Latin#MORTIFER mortiferus or FrenchCategory:Romanian terms borrowed from French#MORTIFERCategory:Romanian terms derived from French#MORTIFER mortifère.

Adjective

mortifer m or n (feminine singular mortiferă, masculine plural mortiferi, feminine/neuter plural mortifere)Category:Romanian lemmas#MORTIFERCategory:Romanian adjectives#MORTIFERCategory:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#MORTIFERCategory:Pages with entries#MORTIFERCategory:Pages with 2 entries#MORTIFER

1. lethal