mercores

See also: mércores

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• mercoles

Etymology

From Latin Mercuriī dīes, variant of dīes Mercuriī, from Mercurius (“Roman god associated with speed and trade”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛɾ.ko.ɾes̺/

Noun

mercores m (plural mercores)

1. Wednesday

   Synonym: quarta feira

   • a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 393 (facsimile):

     mercores primeiro dia dabril

     Wednesday, first of April

   • c. 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, page 94:

     Os outros dias da semana teuerom et téém et am os antigóós [nomes] quelles os [gentijs] poserõ das planetas: o lues da lũa, o martes de Mars, o mercoles de Mercurio, o joues de Jupyter, o vernes de Venus

     the other days of the week had and have the old names which the pagans gave to them, from the planets: Monday of the Moon, Tuesday of Mars, Wednesday of Mercury, Thursday of Jupiter, Friday of Venus

Descendants

• Fala: mérculis
• Galician: mércores

See also

• days of the week: dias da semana (appendix): domingo · lũes/segunda feira · martes/terça feira · mercores/quarta feira · joves/quinta feira · vernes/sesta feira · sabado ^[edit]

References

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “mercores”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Cunha, Antônio Geraldo da (2020–2026), “mercores”, in Vocabulário histórico-cronológico do português medieval [Historical and chronological vocabulary of Medieval Portuguese] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “mercores”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega