mercurius
See also: Mercurius
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /merˈku.ri.us/, [mɛrˈkʊriʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /merˈku.ri.us/, [merˈkuːrius]
Noun
mercurius m (genitive mercuriī or mercurī); second declension
- mercury (element)
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | mercurius | mercuriī |
| Genitive | mercuriī mercurī1 | mercuriōrum |
| Dative | mercuriō | mercuriīs |
| Accusative | mercurium | mercuriōs |
| Ablative | mercuriō | mercuriīs |
| Vocative | mercurie | mercuriī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Synonyms
- hydrargyrum
Derived terms
- mercurius corrosivus
- mercurius dulcis
References
- mercurius 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)
- “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