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moribundus

moribundus, dying, at the point of death, moribund

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

moribundus , a, um: adj. (morior), in a dying condition; ready to die, dying, 4.323; lifeless, 10.341; mortal, 6.732.
mŏrĭbundus, a, um, adj. [morior].
  • Dying (class.): minus valet, moribundus est, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 15 (193): jacentem moribundumque vidistis, Cic. Sest. 39, 85: moribundus procubuit, Liv. 26, 15: anima, Ov. Tr. 4, 5, 3.—Transf.: vox, Stat. Th. 8, 643: membra, mortal, Verg. A. 6, 732; Ap. Deo Socr. 4, p. 43 fin.: corpus, id. Mag. 50, p. 306.—
  • II Act., causing death, i.e. deadly, unwholesome (poet.): moribunda a sede Pisauri, Cat. 81, 3.

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