mergulus
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmer.ɡu.lus/, [ˈmɛrɡʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmer.ɡu.lus/, [ˈmɛrɡulus]
Etymology 1 edit
Diminutive from mergō (“immerse, dip”) + -ulus.
Noun edit
mergulus m (genitive mergulī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | mergulus | mergulī |
Genitive | mergulī | mergulōrum |
Dative | mergulō | mergulīs |
Accusative | mergulum | mergulōs |
Ablative | mergulō | mergulīs |
Vocative | mergule | mergulī |
Synonyms edit
- (wick): fīlum
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Diminutive from mergus (“diver, loon”) + -ulus, from mergō (“dive, plunge”).
Noun edit
mergulus m (genitive mergulī); second declension
- Diminutive of mergus
- (Late Latin, proscribed) Synonym of mergus
- 3rd–4th century, Appendix Probi, line 194:
- mergus non mergulus
- [The correct form is] mergus, not mergulus
Declension edit
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | mergulus | mergulī |
Genitive | mergulī | mergulōrum |
Dative | mergulō | mergulīs |
Accusative | mergulum | mergulōs |
Ablative | mergulō | mergulīs |
Vocative | mergule | mergulī |
Derived terms edit
- Vulgar Latin: *merguliāre
Related terms edit
References edit
- “mergulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- mergulus 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)
- mergulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.