merces
Latin
Etymology
From merx (“merchandise”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmer.keːs/, [ˈmɛr.keːs]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmer.t͡ʃes/
Noun
mercēs f (genitive mercēdis); third declension
- pay, wages, reward
- Beati estis cum maledixerint vobis, et persecuti vos fuerint, et dixerint omne malum adversum vos mentientes, propter me: gaudete, et exultate, quoniam merces vestra copiosa est in caelis.
- Blessed are ye, when men shall curse you, and persecute you, and, lying, speak all ill of you, because of me: rejoice, and exult, for your reward is abundant in heaven. — Vulgate, Mt 5, 11-12.
- rent
- bribe
Inflection
Third declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | mercēs | mercēdēs |
Genitive | mercēdis | mercēdum |
Dative | mercēdī | mercēdibus |
Accusative | mercēdem | mercēdēs |
Ablative | mercēde | mercēdibus |
Vocative | mercēs | mercēdēs |
Derived terms
- mercēdārius
- mercēdula
- mercēnārius/mercēnnārius
Descendants
References
- merces in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- merces in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- merces in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- merces in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be hired, suborned: mercede conductum esse
- (ambiguous) the stipulated reward for anything: pacta merces alicuius rei
- (ambiguous) to set out goods for sale: exponere, proponere merces (venales)
- to be hired, suborned: mercede conductum esse
- mercenary in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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