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Synonyms for mortals

Grammar : Noun
Spell : mawr-tl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɔr tl

Top 10 synonyms for mortals
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Définition of mortals

Origin :
  • mid-14c., "deadly," also "doomed to die," from Old French mortel "destined to die; deserving of death," from Latin mortalis "subject to death, mortal, of a mortal, human," from mors (genitive mortis) "death," from PIE base *mer- "to die," with derivatives referring to death and human beings" (cf. Sanskrit mrtih "death," martah "mortal man;" Avestan miryeite "dies," Old Persian martiya- "man;" Armenian meranim "die;" Latin mori "to die;" Lithuanian mirtis "mortal man;" Greek brotos "mortal" (hence ambrotos "immortal"); Old Church Slavonic mrutvu "dead;" Old Irish marb, Welsh marw "died;" Old English morþ "murder"). The most widespread Indo-European root for "to die," forming the common word for it except in Greek and Germanic. Watkins says it is "possibly" the same as PIE *mer- "rub, pound, wear away" (see morbid).
  • noun human being
Example sentences :
  • Over the gate was written in large letters, 'The Entrance of Mortals.'
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • Apollo, my father, grant me one request, that I may prove to mortals that you are my father.
  • Extract from : « Classic Myths » by Mary Catherine Judd
  • But why do I altogether spend my breath in speaking of mortals?
  • Extract from : « The Praise of Folly » by Desiderius Erasmus
  • "As do all you mortals—who finally have to lie in them," he rasped.
  • Extract from : « Flamedown » by Horace Brown Fyfe
  • Which are the divinities by mortals most assiduously adored?
  • Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
  • Softest-hearted of mortals, for me alone is your heart a stone!
  • Extract from : « Cleo The Magnificent » by Louis Zangwill
  • Dreams of what we mortals might be—what we ought to be—but are not.
  • Extract from : « The World Beyond » by Raymond King Cummings
  • Thersites, the ugliest of mortals, chose the form of an ape.
  • Extract from : « The Phantom World » by Augustin Calmet
  • I am respected above all things by the gods and by the best of mortals, and it is just I should.
  • Extract from : « The Memorable Thoughts of Socrates » by Xenophon
  • Thus began the art of love, which mortals have practiced to this day.
  • Extract from : « Japanese Fairy World » by William Elliot Griffis

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