I.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. 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.—
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.
