mercatorius

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Latin

Etymology

From mercātor +‎ -ius.

Pronunciation

Adjective

mercātōrius (feminine mercātōria, neuter mercātōrium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (pre-Classical, relational) merchant, mercantile
    • c. 190 BCE, Plautus, Bacchides 2.3:
      Ibo in Piraeum, visam ecquae advenerit / in portum ex Epheso navis mercatoria
      To the Piraeus will I go; I'll go see whether any merchant-ship has come into harbour from Ephesus.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

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