mercedula

mercedula

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Latin mercēs
Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Proto-Indo-European *-elós
Proto-Italic *-elos
Latin -ula
Latin mercēdula

    From mercēs (“salary”) + -ula (diminutive suffix).

    Noun

    mercēdula f (genitive mercēdulae); first declension

    1. diminutive of mercēs
    2. low salary, small wages, low reward
    3. small rent of land

    Declension

    First-declension noun.

    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 (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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