mercedarius

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Latin

Etymology

From mercēs +‎ -ārius

Pronunciation

Noun

mercēdārius m

  1. one who pays wages, paymaster
    • Seneca, Controversiae 10.4:
      liceat videre mercedarios tuos
      Permit us to see your paymasters.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative mercēdārius mercēdāriī
genitive mercēdāriī
mercēdārī1
mercēdāriōrum
dative mercēdāriō mercēdāriīs
accusative mercēdārium mercēdāriōs
ablative mercēdāriō mercēdāriīs
vocative mercēdārie mercēdāriī

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

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