5-667: [REDACTED] Look up mors in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mors may refer to: Mors (mythology) , the personification of death in Roman mythology Mors, Latin for death Mors (automobile) , a French car manufacturer from 1895 to 1925 American Mors , Mors vehicles produced under licence in America by the St Louis Car Co. Mors (island) or Morsø,
10-574: A Danish island Mors or Moers , a town in Germany Mors submachine gun , a World War II Polish weapon Mors (drink) , a Russian berry-based drink MORS, an acronym for Military Operations Research Society Major Harald Mors , a battalion commander with the German paratroopers Captain Mors , the "Air Pirate", a fictional German hero from early in the 20th century Topics referred to by
15-506: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Mors (mythology) In ancient Roman myth and literature , Mors is the personification of death equivalent to the Greek Thanatos . The Latin noun for "death," mors , genitive mortis , is of feminine gender , but surviving ancient Roman art is not known to depict death as a woman. Latin poets, however, are bound by
20-470: The grammatical gender of the word. Horace writes of pallida Mors , "pale Death," who kicks her way into the hovels of the poor and the towers of kings equally. Seneca , for whom Mors is also pale, describes her "eager teeth." Tibullus pictures Mors as black or dark. Mors is often represented allegorically in later Western literature and art, particularly during the Middle Ages . Depictions of
25-405: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Mors . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mors&oldid=1020777656 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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