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mortālis , e, adj. mors,
I.subject to death, liable to die, mortal (class.).
II. Transf.
A. Human, mortal: “mucro,of human workmanship, Verg. A. 12, 740: “condicio vitae,Cic. Phil. 14, 12, 33: “opera,Liv. 1, 2: “acta,Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 97: “mortalin' decuit violari vulnere divum?from the hand of a mortal, Verg. A. 12, 797: “haud tibi vultus Mortalis,id. ib. 1, 328: “nec mortale sonans,like a human voice, id. ib. 6, 50: “si mortalis idem nemo sciat,Juv. 13, 76.—Comp.: “aliquid ipso homine mortalius,more perishable, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 110.—Hence, subst.: mortālis , is, comm., a man, mortal, human being (in sing. mostly ante-class.): “lepidus ecastor mortalis est Strabax,Plaut. Truc. 5, 57: “edepol, mortalis malos,id. Bacch. 2, 3, 59; id. Truc. 2, 1, 36; id. Aul. 2, 4, 40: “ego, quantum mortalis deum possum, te ac tua vestigia sequar,Liv. 3, 17, 6.—Usually pīur.: mortales, like the Gr. θνητοί, mortals, men, mankind: “quod ad immortales attinet haec: deinceps quod ad mortales attinet, videamus,Varr. L. L. 5, § 75 Müll.: est locus Hesperiam quam mortales perhibebant, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 23 Vahl.); cf.: omnes mortales sese laudarier optant, id. ap. Aug. de Trin. 13, 6 (Ann. v. 551 Vahl.): “omnes mortales hunc aiebant Calliclem vivere, etc.,Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 175: “diu magnum inter mortales certamen fuit, etc.,Sall. C. 1, 5: “omnes mortales omnium generum, aetatum, ordinum,Cic. Pis. 40, 96: “defendo multos mortales,id. Div. in Caecil. 25: “plus debuisse fortunae, quam solus omnium mortalium in potestate habuit (Alexander),Curt. 10, 5, 35.—mortālĭa , ĭum, n., human affairs, Verg. A. 1, 462; Tac. A. 14, 54.—
B. Temporary, transient (opp. immortalis, imperishable, eternal; “v. immortalis): neque me vero paenitet, mortales inimicitias, sempiternas amicitias habere,Cic. Rab. Post. 12, 32; Liv. 34, 6.— Hence, adv.: mortālĭter , mortally, in the manner of mortals (eccl. Lat.): “mortaliter vivere,Aug. Enchir. 64.
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    • Cicero, Divinatio against Q. Caecilius, 25
    • Cicero, Against Piso, 40.96
    • Cicero, For Rabirius Postumus, 12.32
    • Cicero, Philippics, 14.12.33
    • Plautus, Trinummus, 1.2
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 12.740
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 12.797
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 1.462
    • Tacitus, Annales, 14.54
    • Plautus, Aulularia, 2.4
    • Plautus, Bacchides, 2.3
    • Plautus, Truculentus, 2.1
    • Sallust, Catilinae Coniuratio, 1
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 3, 17.6
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 34, 6
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 1, 2
    • Cicero, De Legibus, 1.23
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 3.13
    • Ovid, Tristia, 1.2
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 10.5.35
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