Masculine
morbus
- (declension-2, masculine) a disease, illness, malady, sickness, disorder, distemper, ailment
- (declension-2, masculine) a fault, vice, failing
- (declension-2, masculine) sorrow, grief, distress
- (declension-2, masculine) death
Opposite of
salūs, valētūdō
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈmɔr.bʊs]
Etymology
Probably from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“to die”), the same root of morī (“to die”), with an extension *-bʰo-, possibly *-bʰh₂o- from *bʰeh₂- (“to appear”), and thus meaning “appearing like death”.
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