mos (noun M) : etym. dub.; perh. root ma-, measure; cf.: maturus, matutinus; prop., a measuring or guiding rule of life; hence
* Manner, custom, way, usage, practice, fashion, wont, as determined not by the laws, but by men's will and pleasure, humor, self-will, caprice (class.; cf.: consuetudo, usus).
* Lit.: opsequens oboediensque'st mori atque imperiis patris,Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 54: huncine erat aequum ex illius more, an illum ex hujus vivere?Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 24: alieno more vivendum est mihi, according to the will or humor of another, id. And. 1, 1, 125: nonne fuit levius dominae pervincere mores,Prop. 1, 17, 15: morem alicui gerere, to do the will of a person, to humor, gratify, obey him: sic decet morem geras,Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 35; Cic. Tusc. 1, 9, 17: animo morem gessero,Ter. And. 4, 1, 17: adulescenti morem gestum oportuit,id. Ad. 2, 2, 6; v. gero.
* The will as a rule for action, custom, usage, practice, wont, habit: leges mori serviunt,usage, custom,Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 36: legi morique parendum est,Cic. Univ. 11: ibam forte Viā Sacrā, sicut meus est mos,custom, wont,Hor. S. 1, 9, 1: contra morem consuetudinemque civilem,Cic. Off. 1, 41, 148: quae vero more agentur institutisque civilibus,according to usage, according to custom,id. ib.: mos est hominum, ut nolint eundem pluribus rebus excellere,id. Brut. 21, 84: ut mos est,Juv. 6, 392; moris erat quondam servare, etc.,id. 11, 83: more sinistro,by a perverted custom,id. 2, 87.— So with ut: morem traditum a patribus, ut, etc.,Liv. 27, 11, 10: hunc morem servare, ut, etc.,id. 32, 34, 5: virginibus Tyriis mos est gestare pharetram,it is the custom, they are accustomed,Verg. A. 1, 336: qui istic mos est?Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 1: mos ita rogandi,Cic. Fam. 12, 17, 1: ut mos fuit Bithyniae regibus,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 27: moris est, it is the custom: negavit, moris esse Graecorum, ut, etc.,id. ib. 2, 1, 26, § 66; Vell. 2, 37, 5: quae moris Graecorum non sint,Liv. 36, 28, 4; cf.: (aliquid) satis ex more Graecorum factum,id. 36, 28, 5: ut Domitiano moris erat,Tac. Agr. 39.—Plur.: id quoque morum Tiberii erat,Tac. A. 1, 80: praeter civium morem,contrary to custom, to usage,Ter. And. 5, 3, 9: sine more, unwonted, unparalleled: facinus sine more,Stat. Th. 1, 238; so, nullo more,id. ib. 7, 135: supra morem: terra supra morem densa,unusually,Verg. G. 2, 227 (cf.: supra modum): perducere aliquid in morem,to make into a custom, make customary,Cic. Inv. 2, 54, 162: quod jam in morem venerat, ut, etc.,had become customary,Liv. 42, 21, 7.
* In partic., in a moral point of view, conduct, behavior; in plur., manners, morals, character; in a good or bad sense: est ita temperatis moderatisque moribus, ut summa severitas summā cum humanitate jungatur,manners,Cic. Fam. 12, 27, 1: suavissimi mores,id. Att. 16, 16, A, 6: boni, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 254, 8.—Prov.: corrumpunt mores bonos colloquia mala,Vulg. 1 Cor. 15, 33: justi,Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 184: severi et pudici,Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 106: sanctissimi,Plin. Ep. 10, 20, 3: feri immanisque natura, Cic. Rosc. Am. 13, 38: totam vitam, naturam moresque alicujus cognoscere,character,id. ib. 38, 109: eos esse M'. Curii mores, eamque probitatem, ut, etc.,id. Fam. 13, 17, 3; id. de Or. 2, 43, 182: mores disciplinamque alicujus imitari,id. Deiot. 10, 28: perditi,id. Fam. 2, 5, 2: praefectura morum,the supervision of the public morals,Suet. Caes. 76: moribus et caelum patuit,to good morals, virtue,Prop. 4 (5), 11, 101. amator meretricis mores sibi emit auro et purpurā,polite behavior, complaisance,Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 128: propitiis, si per mores nostros liceret, diis,i. e. our evil way of life,Tac. H. 3, 72: morum quoque filius,like his father in character,Juv. 14, 52: ne te ignarum fuisse dicas meorum morum, leno ego sum,i. e. my trade,Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 6: in publicis moribus,Suet. Tib. 33; 42.
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* Quality, nature, manner; mode, fashion: haec meretrix fecit, ut mos est meretricius,Plaut. Men. 5, 4, 8: mores siderum,qualities, properties,Plin. 18, 24, 56, § 206: caeli,Verg. G. 1, 51: Carneadeo more et modo disputare,manner,Cic. Univ. 1: si humano modo, si usitato more peccāsset,in the usual manner,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 3, § 9: Graeco more bibere,id. ib. 1, 26, 66: apis Matinae More modoque,after the manner of, like,Hor. C. 4, 2, 27: Dardanius torrentis aquae vel turbinis atri More furens,Verg. A. 10, 604: more novalium,Col. 3, 13, 4: caeli et anni mores,Col. 1, Praef. 23: omnium more,Cic. Fam. 12, 17, 3; so, ad morem actionum,Quint. 4, 1, 43: elabitur anguis in morem fluminis,like,Verg. G. 1, 245: in hunc operis morem,Hor. S. 2, 1, 63: pecudum in morem,Flor. 3, 8, 6: morem vestis tenere,mode, fashion,Just. 1, 2, 3.
* A precept, law, rule (poet. and postAug.): moresque viris et moenia ponet,precepts, laws,Verg. A. 1, 264; cf.: pacis inponere morem,id. ib. 6, 852: quod moribus eorum interdici non poterat,Nep. Ham. 3: quid ferri duritiā pugnacius? sed cedit, et patitur mores,submits to laws, obeys, is tamed,Plin. 36, 16, 25, § 127: ut leo mores Accepit,Stat. Ach. 2, 183: in morem tonsa coma, = ex more ludi,Verg. A. 5, 556.

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