mercatorius

Latin

Etymology

From mercātor +‎ -ius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /mer.kaːˈtoː.ri.us/, [mɛrkäːˈt̪oːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mer.kaˈto.ri.us/, [merkäˈt̪ɔːrius]

Adjective

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

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

References

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