merum

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈme.rum/, [ˈmɛrʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈme.rum/, [ˈmɛːrum]

Etymology 1

From neuter substantive of merus (“pure”).

Noun

merum n (genitive merī); second declension

1. wine unmixed with water, neat wine

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	merum	mera
Genitive	merī	merōrum
Dative	merō	merīs
Accusative	merum	mera
Ablative	merō	merīs
Vocative	merum	mera

Derived terms

• merulentus

Etymology 2

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) merum

1. nominative neuter singular of merus
2. accusative masculine singular of merus
3. accusative neuter singular of merus
4. vocative neuter singular of merus

References

• “merum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “merum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• merum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• merum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “merum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers