What is "mors"

Mors may refer to:

• Mors (mythology), the personification of death in Roman mythology
• Mors, Latin for death
• Mors (automobile), a French car manufacturer from 1895–1925

:* American Mors, Mors vehicles produced under licence in America by the St Louis Car Co.

• Mors (island) or Morsø, a Danish island
• Mors or Moers, a town in Germany
• Pistolet maszynowy Mors, a Polish WWII sub-machine gun
• 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, appearing in Der Luftpirat und sein Lenkbares Luftschiff

Mors or Morsø is a small island in the shallow sound called Limfjorden in Denmark. It has an area of 367.3 km and as of 1 January 2010, it had a population of 21,800. The main town on the island is called Nykøbing Mors. Geologically Mors is unique. Like the neighbouring island of Fur, it is known for its deposits of diatomite, locally known as 'moler' (mo-clay).

The development in the number of inhabitants on the island is as follows:

• 1980 — 24,647
• 1990 — 23,814
• 2000 — 22,989
• 2010 — 21,800
• 2012 — 21,474

The Mors automobile factory was an early French car manufacturer. It was one of the first to take part in automobile racing, beginning in 1897, due to the belief of the company founder, Émile Mors, in racing's technical and promotional benefits. By the turn of the century, automobile racing had become largely a contest between Mors and Panhard et Levassor.

Mors was one of the first automobiles to use the V engine configuration. The Mors 60 horsepower Grand Prix car was powered by a 10 litre V4 side valve engine, with magneto ignition and dry sump lubrication, which could reach 950 rpm. The car had a steel chassis and a four-speed transmission that drove the rear wheels via chain drive, and rear-wheel brakes. In 1902, Mors added pneumatic shock absorbers to their cars, which represented a great leap forward given the quality of the roads and racetracks at the time. With this car, Henri Fournier was able to win the highly significant Paris-Berlin race, with the drive chain breaking immediately afterwards.

Mors ended racing in 1908. Plans to return to auto racing were cancelled due to World War I.

André Citroën became chairman of Mors in 1908 and restored the company's viability. In 1925, Citroën bought Mors outright and closed it down, using its factory for the production of his Citroën automobiles.

The company produced a number of models which were sold widely in Europe and in the USA. In 1905 these ranged from 2.3 litres to the 8.1 litre 40/52 HP and by 1914 Minerva-built Knight sleeve valve engines replaced side-valve units in the larger cars. Post-1918 only sleeve valve engines were used. Citroën's chevron gears were used for the bevel drive rear axles from 1914 and a unique feature was the Mors patented clutch, which had a contracting band system which replaced the cone clutch used until 1903.

The marque was resurrected briefly when a few small electric cars were made during World War II by a subsidiary electrical company of Émile Mors.

In ancient Roman myth and literature, Mors (also known as Letum) is the personification of death equivalent to the Greek Thánatos. The Latin noun for "death", mors, genitive mortis, is of feminine gender, but ancient Roman art is not known to depict Death as a woman. Latin poets, however, are bound by 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 the Crucifixion of Christ sometimes show Mors standing at the foot of the cross. Mors' antithesis is personified as Vita, "Life."

Mors is a non-carbonated Russian fruit drink prepared from berries, mainly from lingonberry and cranberry (although sometimes blueberries, strawberries or raspberries). It is made from fermented and clarified juices blending with sugar syrup and drinking water. Instead of juice, fruit extracts may be used with the addition of aromatic essences, organic food acids, sugars, dyes and drinking water. For some recipes, the juice is boiled, then cooled.

Content of alcohol in Mors - not less than 1% solids content - 3.5-4.4%.

Mors is sometimes used in alcoholic cocktails.