moribundus

Cupid and death met both in an inn; and being merrily disposed, they did exchange some arrows from either quiver; ever since young men die, and oftentimes old men dote — [5525] Sic moritur Juvenis, sic moribundus amat.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Amphion auditus agat, nil tela nec ignes obstiterint, quin ausa luas nostrisque sub armis captivo moribundus humum diademate pulses. tu merito; ast horum miseret, quos sanguine viles coniugibus natisque infanda ad proelia raptos proicis excidio, bone rex. o quanta Cithaeron funera sanguineusque vadis, Ismene, rotabis! haec pietas, haec magna fides! nec crimina gentis mira equidem duco: sic primus sanguinis auctor incestique patrum thalami; sed fallit origo:

Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal Harold Edgeworth Butler 1914

I suppose it was thrown into the fire in that impetuous combustion of papers, which Johnson I think rashly executed, when moribundus. '

Life of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887

-- Comp.: wäl -, wist-fyllo. fyl-wêrig, adj., _weary enough to fall, faint to death_, moribundus: acc.sg. fyl-wêrigne, 963. fyr.

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

-- Sometimes fûs means _ready for death_, moribundus: fûs and fæge, 1242.

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

-- Sometimes fūs means _ready for death_, moribundus: fūs and fǣge, 1242.

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

-- Comp.: wæl -, wist-fyllo. fyl-wērig, adj., _weary enough to fall, faint to death_, moribundus: acc.sg. fyl-wērigne, 963. fyr.

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

I suppose it was thrown into the fire in that impetuous combustion of papers, which Johnson I think rashly executed, when _moribundus_. '

Life of Johnson, Volume 3 1776-1780 James Boswell 1767