verb deponent

intermŏrĭor

2nd PP inter-mŏrī · 3rd PP intermortuus sum · conj. 3rd-io

To die in secret; perish unobserved; to die off •

To die in secret, perish unobserved, to die off, fall to decay (not in Cic. or Cæs.), Cato, R. R. 161, 3: radices intermoriuntur, Plin. 21, 18, 69, § 114: ignis, Curt. 6, 6, 31: civitas, Liv. 34, 49.—

figuratively

To faint away; to swoon •

To faint away, to swoon: ex profluvio sanguinis intermorientes vino reficiendi sunt, Cels. 5, 26, 25.—

to come to an end; stop •

Of roads, to come to an end, stop: pars (viarum) sine ullo exitu intermoriuntur, Dig. 43, 7, 3, § 2. —

To be neglected; dead; faint

To be neglected: nullum officium tuum apud me intermoriturum existimas, Bith. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 16.—Hence, intermortŭus, a, um, P. a., dead, faint, lifeless, powerless.

in ipsa contione intermortuus haud multo post exspiravit, Liv. 37, 53, 10: diu… literal •

Lit.: in ipsa contione intermortuus haud multo post exspiravit, Liv. 37, 53, 10: diu prope intermortuus jacuit, Suet. Ner. 42.—

lose their lustre figuratively ••

Trop.: gemmae jactatae in ignem, velut intermortuae, exstinguuntur, lose their lustre, Plin. 37, 7, 27, § 99: contiones, Cic. Mil. 5, 12: mores boni plerique omnes jam sunt intermortui, Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 7: Catilinae reliquiae, Cic. Pis. 7 fin.: memoria generis sui, id. Mur. 7, 16 fin.

Perseus ID: n24346 Key: intermorior