mortifer

mortĭfer or (rarely) mortĭfĕrus, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. [mors-fero], death-bringing, death-dealing, deadly, fatal (class.;

syn.: lethalis, funestus): poculum,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 29, 71:

morbus,

id. Div. 1, 30, 63:

vulnus,

id. Leg. 2, 5, 13:

bellum,

Verg. A. 6, 279:

gravior dolor nec tamen mortiferus,

Cels. 4, 2 init.; 5, 26, 22;

Aug. de Util. Cred. § 36: res mortifera est inimicus pumice levis,

Juv. 9, 95; 10, 10.— Neutr. plur. as subst.: mortĭfĕra, um, deadly things:

cur tam multa mortifera terra mortique (deus) disperserit,

Cic. Ac. 2, 38, 120 (B. and K. pestifera).—Hence, adv.: mortĭfĕrē, mortally, fatally (post-Aug.):

mortifere aegrotare,

Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 3:

vulnerare,

Dig. 9, 2, 36, § 1.