mercedula

Latin

Etymology

From mercēs (“salary”) +‎ -ula (diminutive suffix).

Noun

mercēdula f (genitive mercēdulae); first declension

  1. diminutive of mercēs
  2. low salary, small wages, low reward
  3. small rent of land

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative mercēdula mercēdulae
genitive mercēdulae mercēdulārum
dative mercēdulae mercēdulīs
accusative mercēdulam mercēdulās
ablative mercēdulā mercēdulīs
vocative mercēdula mercēdulae

References

  • “mercedula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “mercedula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • mercedula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • mercedula in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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