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mercor

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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    From merx.

    Pronunciation

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    Verb

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    mercor (present infinitive mercārī or mercārier, perfect active mercātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

    1. to trade, deal, sell
      Nam ut cuiusque studium ex aetāte flāgrābat, aliīs scorta praebēre, aliīs canēs atque equōs mercārī.
      As the passions of each, according to his years, appeared excited, he furnished mistresses to some, bought horses and dogs for others.

    Conjugation

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    1At least one use of the Old Latin "sigmatic future" tense is attested, which is used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, and, as the verb is deponent, takes the form of what would otherwise be the rare sigmatic future passive indicative tense (which is not attested in the plural for any verb).
    2The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.

    Derived terms

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    Descendants

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    • Asturian: mercar
    • Italian: mercare
    • Old Galician-Portuguese: mercar
    • Sicilian: mircari
    • Spanish: mercar

    See also

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    References

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