Mercurialis

Translingual

Mercurialis perennis (dog's mercury)

Etymology

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Proper noun

Mercurialis f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Euphorbiaceae – mercuries, principally of southern Europe.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids, COM clade - clades; Malpighiales - order; Euphorbiaceae - family; Acalyphoideae - subfamily; Acalypheae - tribe; Mercurialinae - subtribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Mercurialis perennis (dog's mercury) - type species; Mercurialis annua (annual mercury), Mercurialis leiocarpa, Mercurialis tomentosa - selected other species

References

• Mercurialis (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Mercurialis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Mercurialis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Mercurialis at USDA Plants database
• Mercurialis at Tropicos
• Mercurialis at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Mercurialis at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Mercurialis at Germplasm Resources Information Network
• Mercurialis at The Plant List

Latin

Alternative forms

• mercuriālis

Etymology

From Mercurius (“Mercury”) +‎ -ālis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /mer.ku.riˈaː.lis/, [mɛrkʊriˈäːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mer.ku.riˈa.lis/, [merkuriˈäːlis]

Adjective

Mercuriālis (neuter Mercuriāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. Of or pertaining to Mercury; mercurial.

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	Mercuriālis	Mercuriāle		Mercuriālēs	Mercuriālia
Genitive	Mercuriālis			Mercuriālium
Dative	Mercuriālī			Mercuriālibus
Accusative	Mercuriālem	Mercuriāle		Mercuriālēs Mercuriālīs	Mercuriālia
Ablative	Mercuriālī			Mercuriālibus
Vocative	Mercuriālis	Mercuriāle		Mercuriālēs	Mercuriālia

References

• Mercurialis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Mercurialis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press