verb deponent

inter-mŏrĭor

2nd PP inter-mŏrī · 3rd PP intermortuus sum · conj. 3rd-io

To die in secret; perish unobserved; to die off •

To die in secret, perish unobserved, to die off, fall to decay (not in Cic. or Cæs.), Cato, R. R. 161, 3: radices intermoriuntur, Plin. 21, 18, 69, § 114: ignis, Curt. 6, 6, 31: civitas, Liv. 34, 49.—

figuratively

To faint away; to swoon •

To faint away, to swoon: ex profluvio sanguinis intermorientes vino reficiendi sunt, Cels. 5, 26, 25.—

to come to an end; stop •

Of roads, to come to an end, stop: pars (viarum) sine ullo exitu intermoriuntur, Dig. 43, 7, 3, § 2. —

To be neglected; dead; faint

To be neglected: nullum officium tuum apud me intermoriturum existimas, Bith. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 16.—Hence, intermortŭus, a, um, P. a., dead, faint, lifeless, powerless.

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Lit.: in ipsa contione intermortuus haud multo post exspiravit, Liv. 37, 53, 10: diu prope intermortuus jacuit, Suet. Ner. 42.—

lose their lustre figuratively ••

Trop.: gemmae jactatae in ignem, velut intermortuae, exstinguuntur, lose their lustre, Plin. 37, 7, 27, § 99: contiones, Cic. Mil. 5, 12: mores boni plerique omnes jam sunt intermortui, Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 7: Catilinae reliquiae, Cic. Pis. 7 fin.: memoria generis sui, id. Mur. 7, 16 fin.

Perseus ID: n24346 Key: intermorior