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mōs mōris, m

1 MA-, a will, way, habit, manner, fashion, caprice, humor : suos quoique mos, T.: mores mulierum, T.: alieno more vivendumst mihi, after another's humor , T.: suo more, Cs.: morem alcui gerere, to accommodate oneself.—A custom, usage, manner, practice, wont, habit, fashion : ut nunc sunt mores, T.: legi morique parendum est: uti mos gentis illius est, S.: sicut meus est mos, wont , H.: militari more, Cs.: mos partium popularium et factionum, bad custom , S.: mos obsidiandi vias, L.: more sinistro, by a perverted custom , Iu.: Pellibus in morem cincti, after their manner , V.: crinem de more solutae, V.: ut mos fuit Bithyniae regibus: quae moris Graecorum non sint, L.: apis Matinae More modoque, like , H.: ut Domitiano moris erat, Ta.: praeter civium morem, contrary to usage , T.: raptae sine more Sabinae, in defiance of usage , V.: quod in morem vetustas perduxit, made a custom : quibus omnia vendere mos est, S.: sciant, quibus moris est inlicita mirari, Ta.: Moris erat quondam servare, etc., Iu.: nondum consulem iudicem appellari mos fuerat, L.: mos est Syracusis, ut dicat sententiam qui velit: quod iam in morem venerat, ut, etc., had become customary , L.: barbariam ex Gaditanorum moribus delere.— Morality, conduct : qui istic mos est? T.: mos est hominum, ut nolint, etc., nature.—Plur., conduct, behavior, manners, morals, character : quantum mei mores poscebant, respondi, S.: eius suavissimi mores: iusti: naturam moresque hominis cognoscere, character : perditi: exemplar vitae morumque, H.: morum quoque filius, i. e. like his father in character , Iu.: ignarus meorum morum, i. e. my trade , T.—Of things, quality, nature, manner, mode, fashion : caeli, V.: elabitur anguis in morem fluminis, like , V.: in hunc operis morem, H.Manner, measure, moderation : Tempestas sine more furit, with singular fierceness , V.: (terra) supra morem densa, uncommonly , V.A precept, law, rule : Quīs neque mos neque cultus erat, V.: moresque viris et moenia ponet, laws , V.

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