Definition of "mortal" []

• Liable or subject to death. (adjective)
• Of or relating to humankind; human: the mortal limits of understanding. (adjective)
• Of, relating to, or accompanying death: mortal throes. (adjective)
• Causing death; fatal: a mortal wound. See Synonyms at fatal. (adjective)
• Fighting or fought to the death; unrelenting: a mortal enemy; a mortal attack. (adjective)

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• "Cum causal regularly takes the Subjunctive; as, -- quae cum īta sint, _since this is so_; cum sīs mortālis, quae mortālia sunt, cūrā, _since you are mortal, care for what is mortal_.a. Note the phrase cum praesertim (praesertim cum), _especially since; _ as, --"
• "_All men are mortal, Socrates is a man, Therefore Socrates is mortal_."
• "At best, matter is only a phenomenon of mortal mind, of which evil is the highest degree; but really there is no such thing as _mortal mind_, -- though we are compelled to use the phrase in the endeavor to express the underlying thought."