mercedarius
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [mɛr.keːˈdaː.ri.ʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [mer.t͡ʃeˈd̪aː.ri.us]
Noun
mercēdārius m
- one who pays wages, paymaster
- Seneca, Controversiae 10.4:
- liceat videre mercedarios tuos
- Permit us to see your paymasters.
- liceat videre mercedarios tuos
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mercēdārius | mercēdāriī |
| genitive | mercēdāriī mercēdārī1 |
mercēdāriōrum |
| dative | mercēdāriō | mercēdāriīs |
| accusative | mercēdārium | mercēdāriōs |
| ablative | mercēdāriō | mercēdāriīs |
| vocative | mercēdārie | mercēdāriī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- “mercedarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- "mercedarius", 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)