1. mōrus — Lewis & Short
foolish, silly
The corpus record — Latin
morus
morus · adj
foolish, silly
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited Latin corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- Genethliacon ad Ausonium Nepotem 1 · 58.48/10k
- Eclogarum Liber 1 · 3.65/10k
- De Arte Poetica liber 1 · 3.24/10k
- Octavia 1 · 1.91/10k
- Psychomachia 1 · 1.67/10k
- Contra Symmachum 2 · 1.66/10k
- Phaedra 1 · 1.41/10k
- In Eutropium 1 · 1.39/10k
- Apotheosis 1 · 1.35/10k
- Trinummus 1 · 1.02/10k
- Silvae 2 · 0.8/10k
- Miles Gloriosus 1 · 0.79/10k
Densest 12 of 23 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. mōrus — Lewis & Short
a mulberry-tree
Attestations
- morumque Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 21.6.4
- morumque Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 22.4.2
- morumque Ausonius, Eclogarum Liber 6.27
- morumque Ausonius, Genethliacon ad Ausonium Nepotem 21.10
- morumque Cicero, De Officiis 1.109.p2
- morumque Claudian, In Eutropium 2.20.202
6 of 43 attestations shown.
Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
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- scan p. 439; entry #7072 Review: Under source audit
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