Latin edit

Etymology edit

From mercātor +‎ -ius.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

mercātōrius (feminine mercātōria, neuter mercātōrium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (pre-Classical, relational) merchant, mercantile
    • c. 190 BCE, Plautus, Bacchides 2.3:
      Ibo in Piraeum, visam ecquae advenerit / in portum ex Epheso navis mercatoria
      To the Piraeus will I go; I'll go see whether any merchant-ship has come into harbour from Ephesus.

Declension edit

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative mercātōrius mercātōria mercātōrium mercātōriī mercātōriae mercātōria
Genitive mercātōriī mercātōriae mercātōriī mercātōriōrum mercātōriārum mercātōriōrum
Dative mercātōriō mercātōriō mercātōriīs
Accusative mercātōrium mercātōriam mercātōrium mercātōriōs mercātōriās mercātōria
Ablative mercātōriō mercātōriā mercātōriō mercātōriīs
Vocative mercātōrie mercātōria mercātōrium mercātōriī mercātōriae mercātōria

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