mercedula
Latin
Etymology
From mercēs (“salary”).
Noun
mercēdula f (genitive mercēdulae); first declension
- Diminutive of mercēs
- low salary, small wages, low reward
- small rent of land
Declension
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
- “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 (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016