dies Mercurii
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Latin
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From diēs (“day”) and Mercuriī, genitive of Mercurius (“Mercury”). Latin calque of Ancient Greek ἡμέρα (hēméra, “day”) Ἑρμοῦ (Hermoû) ("of Hermes"). The association of the seven week days with the seven classical planets is first attested in the Anthologiarum by Vettius Valens, ca. AD 170 and was known to Cassius Dio by the early 3rd century.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈdi.eːs ˈmer.ku.riː/, [ˈd̪ieːs̠ ˈmɛrkʊriː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈdi.es ˈmer.ku.ri/, [ˈd̪iːes ˈmɛrkuri]
- The pronunciation Mercurī instead of regularized Mercuriī is the one regularly expected for BCE Classical Latin, but it is also reflected by Romance centuries later, and in light of this was likely in general use for naming this weekday.
- (Regularized) IPA(key): /ˈdi.eːs merˈku.ri.iː/, [ˈd̪ieːs̠ mɛrˈkʊriː]
- (Regularized) IPA(key): /ˈdi.es merˈku.ri.i/, [ˈd̪iːes merˈkuːriː]
Noun
[edit]diēs Mercuriī f (genitive diēī Mercuriī); fifth declension
Declension
[edit]Fifth-declension noun with an indeclinable portion.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | diēs Mercuriī | diēs Mercuriī |
Genitive | diēī Mercuriī | diērum Mercuriī |
Dative | diēī Mercuriī | diēbus Mercuriī |
Accusative | diem Mercuriī | diēs Mercuriī |
Ablative | diē Mercuriī | diēbus Mercuriī |
Vocative | diēs Mercuriī | diēs Mercuriī |
Coordinate terms
[edit]- diēs hebdomadis
- diēs Dominicus, diēs Sōlis
- diēs Lūnae
- diēs Mārtis
- diēs Iovis
- diēs Veneris
- diēs Sabbatī, diēs Saturnī
Descendants
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- Corsican: marcuri
- Eastern Romance:
- Emilian: mercordé
- Extremaduran: miércolis
- Franco-Provençal: demécro
- Italian: mercoledì
- Lombard: mercoldé
- Navarro-Aragonese:
- Aragonese: miércols
- Neapolitan: miercurì
- Tarantino: mercrudìe
- Old French: mercredi
- Old Leonese:
- Asturian: miércoles
- Old Occitan:
- Old Galician-Portuguese: mercores
- Galician: mércores
- Old Spanish:
- Rhaeto-Romance:
- Sardinian: mélcuris, mércuis, mérculis, mércuris, mèrcuris
- Sicilian: mèrcuri, mièrcuri (dialectal)
- Venetian: mèrcore, mercoe, mercoli
- → Albanian: e mërkurë
- → Breton: dimerc’her
- → Cornish: de Merher
- → Proto-West Germanic: *Wōdanas dag (calque) (see there for further descendants)
- → Welsh: dydd Mercher (calque)