mercator
See also: Mercator
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- m͛cātor (Medieval scribal abbreviation)
Etymology
[edit]From mercor (“trade, deal in goods”) + -tor.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /merˈkaː.tor/, [mɛrˈkäːt̪ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /merˈka.tor/, [merˈkäːt̪or]
Noun
[edit]mercātor m (genitive mercātōris, feminine mercātrīx); third declension
- merchant, trader, wholesale dealer
- dealer, speculator
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mercātor | mercātōrēs |
| genitive | mercātōris | mercātōrum |
| dative | mercātōrī | mercātōribus |
| accusative | mercātōrem | mercātōrēs |
| ablative | mercātōre | mercātōribus |
| vocative | mercātor | mercātōrēs |
Derived terms
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[edit]References
[edit]- “mercator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “mercator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "mercator", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- mercator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.