mercans

Latin

Etymology

Present participle of mercor.

Participle

mercāns (genitive mercantis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. trading

Declension

Third-declension participle.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	mercāns			mercantēs	mercantia
genitive	mercantis			mercantium
dative	mercantī			mercantibus
accusative	mercantem	mercāns		mercantēs mercantīs	mercantia
ablative	mercante mercantī1			mercantibus
vocative	mercāns			mercantēs	mercantia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Descendants

• Italian: mercante
• Portuguese: mercante
• Spanish: mercante

References

• “mercans”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “mercans”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• mercans in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.