merx

Latin

Alternative forms

• marca, mercha, marcha

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *merk-, possibly from Etruscan, referring to various aspects of economics. See also Mercurius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /merks/, [mɛrks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /merks/, [mɛrks]

Noun

merx f (genitive mercis); third declension

1. merchandise, commodity
2. goods, wares

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	merx	mercēs
Genitive	mercis	mercium
Dative	mercī	mercibus
Accusative	mercem	mercēs mercīs
Ablative	merce	mercibus
Vocative	merx	mercēs

Derived terms

• commercium
• merces
• mercimōnium
• mercor

Descendants

• Catalan: esmerçar
• Italian: merce
• Portuguese: merce

References

• “merx”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “merx”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• merx in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) the stipulated reward for anything: pacta merces alicuius rei
    
  • (ambiguous) to set out goods for sale: exponere, proponere merces (venales)
    
• “merchant”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.