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Mercurius

Mercurius

See also: mercurius

English

Noun

Mercurius ‎(uncountable)

  1. A homeopathic remedy involving mercury.

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɛrˈkyː.ri.ʏs/

Proper noun

Mercurius m

  1. (Roman mythology) Mercury, the Roman god
  2. (astrology) the planet Mercury

Related terms

Estonian

Proper noun

Mercurius

  1. (Roman mythology) Mercury

Latin

Etymology

Possibly from merx ‎(“merchandise”), or perhaps from Etruscan and influenced by merx.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /merˈku.ri.us/, [mɛrˈkʊ.ri.ʊs]

Noun

Mercurius m ‎(genitive Mercuriī); second declension

  1. (Roman mythology) Mercury; a Roman god associated with speed and trade; sometimes used as a messenger of the Gods, wearing winged sandals. Mercury was equated with the Greek god Hermes and many other Ancient divinities.

Declension

Second declension.

Case Singular
nominative Mercurius
genitive Mercuriī
Mercurī1
dative Mercuriō
accusative Mercurium
ablative Mercuriō
vocative Mercurī

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ↑ Online Etymology Dictionary: Mercury

mercurius

mercurius

See also: Mercurius

Latin

Noun

mercurius m ‎(genitive mercuriī); second declension

  1. mercury (element)

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative mercurius mercuriī
genitive mercuriī mercuriōrum
dative mercuriō mercuriīs
accusative mercurium mercuriōs
ablative mercuriō mercuriīs
vocative mercurie mercuriī

Derived terms

  • mercurius corrosivus
  • mercurius dulcis

Synonyms

References

  • MERCURIUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • mercurius in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • mercurius in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

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