merces

Latin

Etymology

From merx (merchandise)

Pronunciation

Noun

mercēs f (genitive mercēdis); third declension

  1. 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.
  2. rent
  3. 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

Descendants

Noun

mercēs

  1. nominative plural of merx
  2. accusative plural of merx
  3. vocative plural of merx

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)
  • mercenary in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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