Italian

Verb

mergo

1. first-person singular present indicative of mergere

Latin

Etymology

Rhotacized form of Proto-Indo-European *mesg- ‎(“to plunge, dip”). See also Lithuanian mazgoju ‎(“to wash”), Sanskrit मज्जति ‎(majjati, “dives under”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmer.ɡoː/, [ˈmɛr.ɡoː]

Verb

mergō ‎(present infinitive mergere, perfect active mersī, supine mersum); third conjugation

1. I dip (in), immerse; plunge into water; overwhelm, cover, bury, drown.
2. I sink down or in, plunge, thrust, drive or fix in.
3. (of water) I engulf, flood, swallow up, overwhelm.
4. (figuratively) I hide, conceal, suppress.

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References

• mergo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• mergo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• MERGO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “mergo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to plunge into a life of pleasure: in voluptates se mergere
    
  • to sink a ship, a fleet: navem, classem deprimere, mergere