merges

See also: mérges

English

Verb

merges

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of merge

Noun

merges

1. plural of merge

Latin

Etymology 1

From mergae (“two-pronged pitchfork”), meaning “the amount taken with a pitchfork.”

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmer.ɡes/, [ˈmɛrɡɛs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmer.d͡ʒes/, [ˈmɛrd͡ʒes]

Noun

merges f (genitive mergitis); third declension

1. A sheaf

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	merges	mergitēs
genitive	mergitis	mergitum
dative	mergitī	mergitibus
accusative	mergitem	mergitēs
ablative	mergite	mergitibus
vocative	merges	mergitēs

Synonyms

• garba
• manipulus

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmer.ɡeːs/, [ˈmɛrɡeːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmer.d͡ʒes/, [ˈmɛrd͡ʒes]

Verb

mergēs

1. second-person singular future active indicative of mergō

References

• “merges”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “merges”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• merges in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• merges in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “merges”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers