mercurius
See also: Mercurius
Latin
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /merˈku.ri.us/, [mɛrˈkʊriʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /merˈku.ri.us/, [merˈkuːrius]
Noun
[edit]mercurius m (genitive mercuriī or mercurī); second declension
- mercury (element)
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mercurius | mercuriī |
| genitive | mercuriī mercurī1 |
mercuriōrum |
| dative | mercuriō | mercuriīs |
| accusative | mercurium | mercuriōs |
| ablative | mercuriō | mercuriīs |
| vocative | mercurie | mercuriī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
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[edit]References
[edit]- "mercurius", 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)
- “mercurius”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “mercurius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray