(adj.adv.) : mortālis, e, adj.mors
* Subject to death, liable to die, mortal (class.).
* Lit.: quid in iis mortale et caducum, quid divinum aeternumque sit,Cic. Leg. 1, 23, 61: animal,id. N. D. 3, 13, 32.
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* 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.
* 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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