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morior

Meaning

  1. (conjugation-3, deponent, iō-variant) to die, be slain, fall (in battle), perish
  2. (conjugation-3, deponent, iō-variant) to decay, wither

Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈmɔ.ri.ɔr]
Etymology

From Proto-Italic *morjōr, from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“to die”). Cognate with Ancient Greek βροτός (brotós, “mortal”), Proto-Germanic *murþaz, Proto-Celtic *marwos, Lithuanian mirti (“death”), Sanskrit मृत्यु (mṛtyú, “death”), Proto-Slavic *merti. Related to mors (“death”).

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