Latin edit

Etymology edit

From mercēs (salary) +‎ -ula (diminutive suffix).

Noun edit

mercēdula f (genitive mercēdulae); first declension

  1. Diminutive of mercēs
  2. low salary, small wages, low reward
  3. small rent of land

Declension edit

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative mercēdula mercēdulae
Genitive mercēdulae mercēdulārum
Dative mercēdulae mercēdulīs
Accusative mercēdulam mercēdulās
Ablative mercēdulā mercēdulīs
Vocative mercēdula mercēdulae

References edit

  • mercedula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • mercedula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • mercedula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • mercedula in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016