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Definition: Mors |
MorsNoun1. (Roman mythology) Roman god of death; counterpart of Thanatos. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Mors" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references) |
"Mors" is a common misspelling or typo for: mars, moors, mops, more, mores, moss. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Death | Phrase: life ebbs, life fails, life hangs by a thread; one's days are numbered, one's hour is come, one's race is run, one's doom is sealed; Death knocks at the door, Death stares one in the face; the breath is out of the body; the grave closes over one; sic itur ad astra; de mortuis nil nisi bonum; dulce et decorum est pro patria mori; honesta mors turpi vita potior; "in adamantine chains shall death be bound"; mors ultima linea rerum est; ominia mors aequat; "Spake the grisly Terror"; "the lone couch of this everlasting sleep"; nothing is certain but death and taxes. |
Resistance | Prendre le mors aux dents; sell one's life dearly, die hard, keep at bay; repel, repulse. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Mors |
| Specialty definitions using "Mors": moler ♦ Sword-makers. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "Mors": Mortiferous. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Mors" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (bit, curb), Latin (annihilation, corpse, death), Swedish (howdy), Turkish (Morse, sea horse, walrus). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Mors hus (1974) Exil - en mors berättelse (1989) | |
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| "Mors" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 50.00% of the time. "Mors" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 50% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Unclassified Items | 25% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (plural) | 25% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 4 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "Mors": honesta mors turpi vita potior ♦ mors ultima linea rerum est ♦ ominia mors aequat. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
mors | 37 |
est mors principium | 11 |
mors syphilitica | 5 |
furniture mors | 5 |
junxit mors non separabit virtus | 3 |
code mors | 2 |
dag mors | 2 |
mors summa | 2 |
bride de mors | 2 |
mors røv | 2 |
elektronik mors | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Date | Source | Romans Chapter 8, Verse 6 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | To gar fronhma thV sarkoV qanatoV to de fronhma tou pneumatoV zwh kai eirhnh |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Nam prudentia carnis mors prudentia autem Spiritus vita et pax |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Firenfules mannes mod is deað, ac mod gewealden þurh þone Gast is lif ond frið; |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | But the prudence of spirit is lijf and pees. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | To be carnally mynded is deeth. But to be spiritually mynded is lyfe and peace. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace: |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace: |
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| Language | Romans Chapter 8, Verse 6 |
| Cebuano | Ang panghunahuna alang sa unod mosangpot sa kamatayon, apan ang panghunahuna alang sa Espiritu mosangpot sa kinabuhi ug kalinaw. |
| Croatian | težnja je tijela smrt, a težnja Duha život i mir. |
| Danish | Thi Kødets Higen er Død, men Åndens Higen er Liv og Fred, |
| Dutch | Want het bedenken des vleses is de dood; maar het bedenken des Geestes is het leven en vrede; |
| Finnish | Sillä lihan mieli on kuolema, mutta hengen mieli on elämä ja rauha; |
| French | Et l`affection de la chair, c`est la mort, tandis que l`affection de l`esprit, c`est la vie et la paix; |
| German | Aber fleischlich gesinnt sein ist der Tod, und geistlich gesinnt sein ist Leben und Friede. |
| Hungarian | Mert a testnek gondolata halál; a Lélek gondolata pedig élet és békesség. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Kalau pikiranmu dikuasai oleh tabiat manusia, maka akibatnya kematian. Tetapi kalau pikiranmu dikuasai oleh Roh Allah, maka akibatnya ialah hidup dan kedamaian dengan Allah. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Karena pikiran tabiat duniawi itulah maut; tetapi pikiran rohani itulah hidup lagi sentosa. |
| Italian | Ma i desideri della carne portano alla morte, mentre i desideri dello Spirito portano alla vita e alla pace. |
| Latvian | Jo miesas tieksme ir nâve; bet gara tieksme - dzîvîba un miers. |
| Maori | Ko to te kikokiko whakaaro hoki he mate, ko to te Wairua ia he ora, he rangimarie: |
| Norwegian | For kjødets attrå er død, men Åndens attrå er liv og fred, |
| Portuguese | Porque a inclinação da carne é morte; mas a inclinação do Espírito é vida e paz. |
| Rumanian | Wi umblarea dupq lucrurile firii pqmkntewti, este moarte, pe cknd umblarea dupq lucrurile Duhului este viayq wi pace. |
| Russian | рПНЩЫМЕОЙС МПФУЛЙЕ УХФШ УНЕТФШ, Б ПНЩЫМЕОЙС "ХИПЧОЩЕ--ЦЙЪОШ Й НЙТ, |
| Shuar | Ayashnia nuna Enentáimtuinia Nú shuar Jákatniunam wénawai. Antsu Yúsnan Enentáimtuinia nuka Yusjai shiir nawamnaikiar tuke pujusartatui. |
| Swahili | Fikira za mwili huleta kifo; fikira za Roho huleta uzima na amani. |
| Swedish | Och köttets sinne är död, medan Andens sinne är liv och frid. |
| Uma | Hema-hema to mpotuku' kahinaa nono-ra to dada'a, toe-toe oa' to rapenonoi. Tauna to hewa toe mporata kamatea to mpogaa' -ra ngkai Alata'ala. Tapi' hema-hema to mpotuku' konoa Inoha' Tomoroli', konoa Inoha' Tomoroli' toe to rapenonoi, pai' -ra mporata katuwua' to lompe' pai' kahintuwuaa' hante Alata'ala. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "Mors": morse, morsel, morseled, morseling, morselled, morselling, morsels. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "Mors": armors, beclamors, beglamors, clamors, coenamors, enamors, glamors, humors, neurohumors, outhumors, rumors, termors, tremors, tumors. (additional references) | |
Words containing "Mors": premorse, remorse, remorseful, remorsefully, remorsefulness, remorsefulnesses, remorseless, remorselessly, remorselessness, remorselessnesses, remorses, unremorseful. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: roms. | |
| Words within the letters "m-o-r-s" | |
-1 letter: mor, mos, oms, ors, rom, som. | |
-2 letters: mo, om, or, os, so. | |
| Words containing the letters "m-o-r-s" | |
+1 letter: corms, dorms, forms, moors, moras, mores, morns, morse, morts, norms, omers, proms, roams, romps, rooms, storm, worms. | |
+2 letters: amours, armors, aromas, bromes, bromos, brooms, caroms, comers, dorsum, forams, formes, forums, grooms, homers, humors, isomer, jorams, jorums, macros, majors, manors, mayors, metros, micros, minors, mohurs, moires, molars, momser, mopers, morals, morass, morays, morels, morons, morose, morphs, morris, morros, morsel, mosher, mosser, motors, mourns, mouser, movers, mowers, mucors, mucros, ogrism, ombers, ombres, orgasm, ormers, porism, primos, proems, promos, ramose, ramous, ramson, ransom, rhombs, rimose, rimous, romans, romeos, rumors, sermon, smoker, somber, sombre, storms, stormy, stroma, tromps, tumors, vomers, vrooms. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 6F 72 73 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- --- .-. ... |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01101111 01110010 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M o r s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 006F 0072 0073 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)47818485 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Bible Trace 10. Derivations 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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