Mercurius
See also: mercurius
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]Mercurius (uncountable)
- A homeopathic remedy involving mercury.
Afrikaans
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Hyphenation: Mercurius
Proper noun
[edit]Mercurius
See also
[edit]- planets of the Solar System: planete van die Sonnestelsel: Mercurius · Venus · Aarde · Mars · Jupiter · Saturnus · Uranus · Neptunus [edit]
Dutch
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Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Mercurius m
Synonyms
[edit]- (Roman god of commerce): Mercuur (obsolete)
Related terms
[edit]Estonian
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Mercurius
- Mercury (god)
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly from merx (“merchandise”), or perhaps from Etruscan and influenced by merx.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [mɛrˈkʊ.ri.ʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [merˈkuː.ri.us]
Noun
[edit]Mercurius m (genitive Mercuriī or Mercurī); second declension
- (Roman mythology) Mercury (god of speed and commerce)
- (astronomy) Mercury (planet)
- (alchemy, chemistry) quicksilver, mercury
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Mercurius | Mercuriī |
| genitive | Mercuriī Mercurī1 |
Mercuriōrum |
| dative | Mercuriō | Mercuriīs |
| accusative | Mercurium | Mercuriōs |
| ablative | Mercuriō | Mercuriīs |
| vocative | Mercurī | Mercuriī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Descendants
- → Bulgarian: Меркурий (Merkurij)
- → Catalan: Mercuri (learned)
- → Czech: Merkur
- → Danish: Merkur
- → Middle English: Mercurie, mercurie
- → Finnish: Merkurius
- → French: Mercure (learned)
- → Galician: Mercurio (learned)
- → German: Merkur
- → Indonesian: Merkurius
- → Italian: Mercurio (learned)
- → Latvian: Merkur
- → Portuguese: Mercúrio (learned)
- → Proto-Brythonic: *Merxür
- → Russian: Меркурий (Merkurij)
- → Spanish: Mercurio (learned)
- → Swedish: Merkurius
- → Ukrainian: Меркурій (Merkurij)
- ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *mercuriāgo
- Catalan: melcoratge
References
[edit]- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “Mercury”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Middle English
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Mercurius
- alternative form of Mercurie
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