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morbus

disease, illness

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Where it lives

Carmina Omnia 2 · 78.13/10k
De Regibus 3 · 67.72/10k
De Medicina 297 · 28.98/10k
Cimon 1 · 18.66/10k
De Fato 8 · 16.14/10k
Verus 3 · 14.58/10k
Helius 2 · 13.95/10k
Divus Claudius 4 · 13.48/10k
Divus Titus 2 · 13.44/10k
Timoleon 1 · 12.08/10k
Tusculanae Disputationes 65 · 11.47/10k
Atticus 4 · 11.31/10k

Densest 12 of 202 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. morbus — de Vaan

morbus 'disease, illness' [m. o] (Lex XII+) Derivatives: morbidus 'sick' (Varro+), morbosus ' sickly' (Cato+); remorbescere 4to fall ill again' (Enn. apud Paul, ex F.). Pit *mor-foA PIE *mor-bho-? Morbus cannot continue an adj. in *-ic/O-3 such as acerbus 'sour', since *moripowould normally yield *moridus. Thus, the suffix is more likely to be PIE *-bho-, which surfaces especially in "adjectives specifying … — [de Vaan, s.v. morbus, p. 403]

2. morbus — Lewis & Short

morbus, i, m.Sanscr. mar-, die; Gr. broto/s (for mroto/s), marai/nw; cf. morior, marceo,

I a sickness, disease, disorder, distemper, ailment, illness, malady, of body or mind (class.).

I Corporeal: morbum appellant totius corporis corruptionem: aegrotationem morbum cum imbecillitate: vitium cum partes corporis inter se dissident: ex quo pravitas membrorum, distortio, deformitas, Cic. Tusc. 4, 13, 28: morbus est habitus cujusque corporis contra naturam, qui usum ejus facit deteriorem, Labeo ap. Gell. 4, 2, 3: morbi aegrotationesque, Cic. Tusc. 4, 10, 23: aeger morbo gravi, id. Cat. 1, 13, 31: in morbo esse, to be sick, id. Tusc. 3, 4, 9: morbo affectum esse, id. Div. 1, 30, 63: corporis gravioribus morbis vitae jucunditas impeditur, id. Fin. 1, 18, 59: animi valentes morbo tentari non possunt, corpora possunt, id. Tusc. 4, 14, 31: affligi, id. Pis. 35, 85: urgeri, id. Fat. 9, 17: tabescere, id. N. D. 3, 35, 84: languere, Lucr. 6, 1221: conflictari, Nep. Dion. 2, 4: in morbum cadere, to fall sick, Cic. Tusc. 1, 32, 79: incidere, id. Clu. 62, 175: delabi, id. Att. 7, 5, 1: morbum nancisci, Nep. Att. 21, 1: morbo consumi, id. Reg. 2, 1: perire, id. ib. 3, 3: mori, id. Them. 10, 4: absumi, Sall. J. 5, 6: confici, id. ib. 9, 4: opprimi, Cic. Clu. 7, 22: homo aeger morbo gravi, id. Cat. 1, 13, 31: ex morbo convalescere, to recover, id. Fam. 13, 29, 4: a morbo valere, Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 26: morbum depellere, Cic. Fam. 7, 26, 2: levare, to alleviate, relieve, Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 57: amplior fit, becomes more violent, Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 50: adgravescit, id. ib. 3, 2, 2: ingravescit, Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 31: comitialis or major, epilepsy, Cels. 3, 23: regius, the jaundice, id. 3, 24: in morbo consumat, a form of imprecation, may he spend it (the money) in sickness, Sen. Ben. 4, 39, 2.—

II Mental.

A Disease, a fault, vice, etc.: animi morbi sunt cupiditates immensae, et inanes, divitiarum, etc., Cic. Fin. 1, 18, 59: morbum et insaniam, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 1, § 1: nomen insaniae significat mentis aegrotationem et morbum, id. Tusc. 3, 4, 9: hic morbus qui est in re publicā, ingravescet, id. Cat. 1, 13, 31: ut, si qui aegrotet, quo morbo Barrus, Hor. S. 1, 6, 30: maxima pars hominum morbo jactatur eodem, id. ib. 2, 3, 121: qui vultu morbum incessuque fatetur, Juv. 2, 17.—

B Grief, sorrow, distress: quod mulier facere incepit, nisi id efficere perpetrat, Id illi morbo, id illi senio est, affliction, distress, Plaut. Truc. 2, 5, 12; cf.: salvere me jubes, quoi tu abiens offers morbum? id. As. 3, 3, 3.—

III Trop., of trees, plants, etc.: infestantur namque et arbores morbis, a disease, Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 116 al.—

IV Morbus, personified as a deity, the son of Erebus and Nox, Cic. N. D. 3, 17, 44; Hyg. Fab. praef.; Sen. Herc. Fur. 694; cf. Verg. A. 6, 275; Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 323.

3. morbus — Walde–Hofmann

morbus, -; m. „Krankheit; Sucht, Leidenschaft" ; vlt. verengert Rotz* (Svennung, Unters. 598*) und ,todbringende Krankheit“ (Svennung Wortst. 99; seit XII tab., Carm. Sal, .; rom. [neben verbreiteterem infirmitas, languor usw.] nur morbescó, -ere', krank werden“ Ven. Fort. [vgl. re- „wieder krank werden“ Enn. frg. Fest. 277) und morbidus, -a, -um „krank, kränklich“ seit Varro und Lucr. [morbido, -üre „krank machen“ … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. morbus, p. 1016]

In the wild

morbum Horace, Satyrarum libri 1.5.62
morbis Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 25.7.p1
morbum Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 32.9.p6
morbum Cornelius Nepos, Dion 2
morbis Celsus, De Medicina 3.2.p1
morbum Apuleius, Apologia 45

6 of 1,613 attestations shown.

Where it came from

de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. morbus (scan p. 403; entry #1086). Root candidates: *mor-.
Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. morbus (scan p. 727; entry #12106).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. morbus (scan pp. 1016-1017; entry #1787). Root candidates: *bho-, *mer-.

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