mergae

Latin

Etymology

Probably from a Proto-Indo-European root common with Ancient Greek ἀμέργω (amérgō, “to pluck or pull”), ὀμόργνυμι (omórgnumi, “to wipe”) and maybe Lithuanian márška (“net for fish”).[1]

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmer.ɡae̯/, [ˈmɛrɡäe̯]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmer.d͡ʒe/, [ˈmɛrd͡ʒe]

Noun

mergae f pl (genitive mergārum); first declension (plural only)

a two-pronged pitchfork

Declension

First-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	mergae
Genitive	mergārum
Dative	mergīs
Accusative	mergās
Ablative	mergīs
Vocative	mergae

Derived terms

merges

References

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

Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “mergae”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 779

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.