mortalia

mortālis, e, adj. [mors], subject to death, liable to die, mortal (class.).

I.

Lit.:

quid in iis mortale et caducum, quid divinum aeternumque sit,

Cic. Leg. 1, 23, 61:

animal,

id. N. D. 3, 13, 32.—

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. thnêtoi, 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.