mercans

Latin

Etymology

Present participle of mercor.

Participle

mercāns (genitive mercantis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. trading

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	mercāns			mercantēs	mercantia
Genitive	mercantis			mercantium
Dative	mercantī			mercantibus
Accusative	mercantem	mercāns		mercantēs mercantīs	mercantia
Ablative	mercante mercantī1			mercantibus
Vocative	mercāns			mercantēs	mercantia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Descendants

• English: merchant
• Italian: mercante

References

• “mercans”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “mercans”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• mercans in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.