dies Mercurii
LatinEdit
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Next: | diēs Iovis |
EtymologyEdit
From diēs (“day”) and Mercuriī, genitive of Mercurius (“Mercury”). Latin calque of Ancient Greek ἡμέρα (hēméra, “day”) Ἑρμοῦ (Hermoû) ("of Hermes"). The association of the seven week days with the seven classical planets is first attested in the Anthologiarum by Vettius Valens, ca. AD 170 and was known to Cassius Dio by the early 3rd century.
PronunciationEdit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈdi.eːs merˈku.ri.iː/, [ˈd̪ieːs̠ mɛrˈkʊriː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈdi.es merˈku.ri.i/, [ˈd̪iːes merˈkuːriː]
NounEdit
diēs Mercuriī f (genitive diēī Mercuriī); fifth declension
DeclensionEdit
Fifth-declension noun with an indeclinable portion.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | diēs Mercuriī | diēs Mercuriī |
Genitive | diēī Mercuriī | diērum Mercuriī |
Dative | diēī Mercuriī | diēbus Mercuriī |
Accusative | diem Mercuriī | diēs Mercuriī |
Ablative | diē Mercuriī | diēbus Mercuriī |
Vocative | diēs Mercuriī | diēs Mercuriī |
Coordinate termsEdit
- diēs hebdomadis
- diēs Dominica, diēs Dominicus, diēs Sōlis
- diēs Lūnae
- diēs Mārtis
- diēs Iovis
- diēs Veneris
- diēs Sabbatī, diēs Saturnī
DescendantsEdit
- Corsican: marcuri
- Eastern Romance:
- Emilian: mercordé
- Extremaduran: miércolis
- Franco-Provençal: mécredi, dimécro
- Italian: mercoledì
- Lombard: mercoldé
- Navarro-Aragonese:
- Aragonese: miércols
- Neapolitan: miercurì
- Tarantino: mercrudìe
- Old French: mercredi
- Old Leonese:
- Asturian: miércoles
- Old Occitan:
- Old Portuguese: mercores
- Galician: mércores
- Old Spanish:
- Rhaeto-Romance:
- Sardinian: mélcuris, mércuis, mérculis, mércuris, mèrcuris
- Sicilian: mèrcuri, mièrcuri
- Venetian: mèrcore, mercoe, mercoli
- → Albanian: e mërkurë
- → Breton: dimerc’her
- → Cornish: de Merher
- → Proto-West Germanic: *Wōdanas dag (calque) (see there for further descendants)
- → Welsh: dydd Mercher (calque)