German

Noun

Morbus m ‎(genitive Morbus, plural Morbi)

1. disease

Declension

Synonyms

• Krankheit

Usage notes

• Specific diseases (in English "X's disease") are named "Morbus X").

Latin

Noun

morbus m ‎(genitive morbī); second declension

1. (of the body or mind) A disease, sickness, disorder, distemper, ailment, illness, malady.
2. (of the mind) A fault, vice, failing.
3. (of the mind) Sorrow, grief, distress.
4. death (prima morbi accessione, at the first approach of death)

Inflection

Second declension.

Derived terms

Related terms

• morbidē
• morbōsitās

Descendants

References

• morbus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• morbus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• MORBUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “morbus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • he fell ill: in morbum incidit
    
  • to be attacked by disease: morbo tentari or corripi
    
  • to be laid on a bed of sickness: morbo afflīgi
    
  • to be seriously ill: gravi morbo affectum esse, conflictari, vexari
    
  • the disease gets worse: morbus ingravescit
    
  • to be carried off by a disease: morbo absūmi (Sall. Iug. 5. 6)
    
  • to recover from a disease: ex morbo convalescere (not reconvalescere)
    
  • to recruit oneself after a severe illness: e gravi morbo recreari or se colligere
    
  • to excuse oneself on the score of health: valetudinem (morbum) excusare (Liv. 6. 22. 7)
    
  • to die a natural death: morbo perire, absūmi, consūmi
    
  • to pretend to be ill: simulare morbum
    
  • to pretend not to be ill: dissimulare morbum
    
  • to plead ill-health as an excuse for absence: excusare morbum, valetudinem