Any Latin experts out there? I want to know how to say "dead" in latin — just the one word, no other words for context. The word would relate to a person, however, as in "this person is dead". Specifically, I'm writing a story and I need someone to write next to a list of names if they're dead or not like:
James
Alex — dead
Brandon
whothefuckever — dead
like that. Fucking Latin and its context shit
>>8021790
MorsI think
>>8021800
that sounds about right.
is "memento mori" italian or latin?
>>8021800
That's what I thought, then I typed in this
http://mymemory.translated.net/en/English/Latin/this-person-is-dead
came up with mortus. is this site legit or dumb?
>>8021831
Mors is the noun for death, mortuus (uu!) is both an adjective for being dead and noun for a deceased or corpse. It derives from morior, the verb for dying. In your context you should use mortuus.
>>8021958
if i remember correctly the adjective form is mortellus, derived from morianus, but obvisouly you don't know what youre talking about pleb
>>8021972
I don't think you remember correctly.
Mors is "death" as in the concept of being "dead" and is not the word dead itself. Going to sound like a dumb ass here but do you mean dead as an adjective or even a noun? Because "dead" as an adverb is the act of being dead which is two words: mortuus est.
There isn't a single word for it. I can see why you're having trouble.
my guess:
whothefuckever is dead = whothefuckever mortuus est.
>>8021981
Only right answer in this thread
t. five years of Latin in highschool
>>8021981
I don't think you'd have to write down "est" in a list like that. It's probably also not going to be cool sounding enough for OPs mystery thriller.
>>8021990
But really, you kind of have to if you want to be grammatically correct - as you said though, maybe OP doesn't really want to go for that.
>>8021990
just like you don't really need to write is in the phrase alex is dead, alex dead is surely sufficient :^) sorry i meant alex dead surely sufficient
>>8022022
To be honest he has a point, since OP's writing a list. Still, I think the full form is better.
>>8022007
instead of saying he's dead
he could write "that nigga stopped living"
I understand if you want to sell vampire books they got to sound cool.
"that nigga vivio nullus" = That Nigga stopped living
>>8021990
As far as I'm aware, it then become a participle, literally meaning "having died," on it's own.
Latin is a DEAD language.
>>8022149
Cathloics BTFO
>>8022149
Solid dad humor
>>8021983
>tfw 4 years but barely remember anything
You want the adjective mortuus/mortua.
You don't need the "est," you can use it as an adjective. (Actually a participle , a verbal adjective from morior)
As in "the dead man speaks" -- Vir mortuus dicit
Alex, et mortuus est. = Alex, having died.
Alex est moriuntur. = Alex, is dying.
Moriuntur est Alex. = Death is Alex.
Mors et moriuntur est mortuus. = Death and dying is dead.
how did romans make lists of soldiers marking who was dead anyway... i bet they simply used a some kind of check mark if they even bothered with such stuff
>>8022022
You mean like this:
>Alex — dead
Seems sufficient in English.
