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Death: Thanatos, Mors
Greek: Thanatos (god)
Latin: Mors (god)
Latin: Mors (god)
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gods and goddesses from Greek and Latin Myths
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(Latin: bite, biting)
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Mors ab alto.
Death from [a] height or from above.
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alto-, alt-, alti-
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Latin Proverbs, Mottoes, Phrases, and Words: Group M
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Mors certa sed hora in certa.
Death is certain, only the hour is uncertain.
From a 16th century German sun dial.
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Latin Proverbs, Mottoes, Phrases, and Words: Group M
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Mors tua, vita mea.
Your death, my life.
It also means, "You must die so that I may live." A reference to someone who can preserve his own life only by taking the life of another. For instance, it could refer to a very ill patient who is waiting for an organ transplant from a dying donor or some other situation in which a person's life is dependent upon the death of another person.
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Latin Proverbs, Mottoes, Phrases, and Words: Group M
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vita-, vito-, vit- +
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pallida mors
Pale Death.
Part of the quotation: Pallida mors aequo pulsat pede pauperum tabernas regumque turres or "Pale Death, with impartial step, knocks at the cottages of the poor and the palaces of kings." -Horace
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Latin Proverbs, Mottoes, Phrases, and Words: Group P
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Virtus junxit mors non separabit.
Strength has joined [us] and death will not separate [us].
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Latin Proverbs, Mottoes, Phrases, and Words: Group V
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vir-, viri-, virtu-
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Vita hominis sine literis mors est.
The life of man without letters [learning] is death.
Motto of Derby School, U.K.
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Latin Proverbs, Mottoes, Phrases, and Words: Group V
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vita-, vito-, vit- +
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Vita sine litteris mors est.
Life without learning [education] is death.
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Latin Proverbs, Mottoes, Phrases, and Words: Group V
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vita-, vito-, vit- +
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Mors omnibus communis.
Death is common to all.
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Graveyard words for a greater understanding of epitaphs
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