# morus
## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈmoː.rus/, [ˈmoːrʊs̠]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈmo.rus/, [ˈmɔːrus]

### Etymology 1

From mōrum (“mulberry fruit”) or Ancient Greek μορέᾱ (moréā, “mulberry tree”).

#### Noun

mōrus f (genitive mōrī); second declension
* the black mulberry tree

##### Declension

Second-declension noun.

##### Derived terms

* mōrulus

##### Descendants

* French: mûre
* Italian: moro
* North Italian:
** Romagnol: mór
* Romanian: mur
* Spanish: moro
* → English: morula
* → Polish: morwa
** → Ukrainian: мо́рва (mórva)
* → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: му̑рва
    Latin script: mȗrva
* → Proto-West Germanic: *mōrubaʀi (see there for further descendants)

### Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek μωρός (mōrós).

#### Adjective

mōrus (feminine mōra, neuter mōrum); first/second-declension adjective
* foolish, silly, pixilated

##### Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

##### Derived terms

* mōrē
* mōror
* mōrio
* mōrōsus

### References

* ↑ Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “mōrus, -ūs”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots‎ (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 415: “mōrum”
* ↑ Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “mōrus, -a, -um”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots‎ (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 415

### Further reading

* “morus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “morus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* "morus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* morus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co. (ambiguous) to die at a good old age: exacta aetate mori (ambiguous) to starve oneself to death: inediā mori or vitam finire (ambiguous) to die a natural death: necessaria (opp. voluntaria) morte mori (ambiguous) to die of wounds: ex vulnere mori (Fam. 10. 33)

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɔ.rus/
* (Masovia):
** (Far Masovian) IPA: /ˈmɔ.rus/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔrus
* Syllabification: mo‧rus

### Etymology 1

Clipping of morowiec + -us.

#### Noun

morus m pers
* (colloquial) good egg, good sort, mensch (person of strength, integrity and compassion)
    Synonyms: równiacha, równiak, równy gość, swój chłop
* (colloquial, rare) brick, dodger, slyboots
    Synonyms: morowiec, spryciarz, zuch

##### Related terms

* morowy
* mór

### Etymology 2

From German Mohr +‎ -us, from Latin Maurus, from Ancient Greek Μαῦρος (Maûros). Doublet of Maur, murzyn, and Murzyn.

#### Noun

morus m pers (diminutive morusek)
* (colloquial or dialectal, Far Masovian) slob, sloven
    Synonyms: brudas, smoluch

##### Derived terms

* morusać impf

### Further reading

* morus in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* morus in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894) “morus”, in “O języku ludowym w powiecie przasnyskim”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 114