mergulus
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmer.ɡu.lus/, [ˈmɛrɡʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmer.ɡu.lus/, [ˈmɛrɡulus]
Etymology 1
lucerna cum mergulō (lamp with wick)
Diminutive from mergō (“immerse, dip”) + -ulus.
Noun
mergulus m (genitive mergulī); second declension
- wick of a lamp
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | mergulus | mergulī |
| Genitive | mergulī | mergulōrum |
| Dative | mergulō | mergulīs |
| Accusative | mergulum | mergulōs |
| Ablative | mergulō | mergulīs |
| Vocative | mergule | mergulī |
Synonyms
- (wick): fīlum
Related terms
- mergō
Etymology 2
mergus cum mergulō (diver with chick)
Diminutive from mergus (“diver, loon”) + -ulus, from mergō (“dive, plunge”).
Noun
mergulus m (genitive mergulī); second declension
- small diver, loon (kind of waterfowl)
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | mergulus | mergulī |
| Genitive | mergulī | mergulōrum |
| Dative | mergulō | mergulīs |
| Accusative | mergulum | mergulōs |
| Ablative | mergulō | mergulīs |
| Vocative | mergule | mergulī |
Related terms
- mergō
- mergus
Descendants
- Galician: mergullar, mergullo, mergullón, somorgullo
- Portuguese: mergulhar, mergulho
References
- “mergulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- mergulus 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)
- mergulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette