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Definition
the quality of being mortal (subject to death)
or:
death rate — often given per 1,000 people per year
or:
death rate — often given per 1,000 people per year
- He, far thy better, was foredoom'd to die, And thou, dost thou bewail mortality?Book 21 (18% in)
- This Hermes (such the power of gods) set wide; Then swift alighted the celestial guide, And thus reveal'd—"Hear, prince! and understand Thou ow'st thy guidance to no mortal hand: Hermes I am, descended from above, The king of arts, the messenger of Jove, Farewell: to shun Achilles' sight I fly; Uncommon are such favours of the sky, Nor stand confess'd to frail mortality.Book 24 (57% in)
There are no more uses of "mortality" in The Iliad by Homer - (translated by: Pope).
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