merces

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word merces. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word merces, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say merces in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word merces you have here. The definition of the word merces will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofmerces, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: mercès, mercês, Mercês, mērcēs, and mērces

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

mercēs

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of merx

Etymology 2

From merx (“merchandise”)

Noun

mercēs f (genitive mercēdis); third declension

  1. pay, wages, reward
    Synonyms: praemium, pretium, stīpendium, oblātiō, commodum
    Beati estis cum maledixerint vobis, et persecuti vos fuerint, et dixerint omne malum adversum vos mentientes, propter me: gaudete, et exultate, quoniam merces vestra copiosa est in caelis.
    Blessed are ye, when men shall curse you, and persecute you, and, lying, speak all ill of you, because of me: rejoice, and exult, for your reward is abundant in heaven. — Vulgate, Mt 5, 11-12.
  2. revenue, income
    Synonym: exitus
  3. chastisement, punishment, penalty
    Synonyms: pūnītiō, sānctiō, poena, supplicium, exemplum, vindicātiō, vindicta, animadversus, malum, pretium
  4. rent
  5. bribe
Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative mercēs mercēdēs
Genitive mercēdis mercēdum
Dative mercēdī mercēdibus
Accusative mercēdem mercēdēs
Ablative mercēde mercēdibus
Vocative mercēs mercēdēs
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 3

Verb

mercēs

  1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of mercō

References

  • “merces”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “merces”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • merces in Dizionario Latino, Olivetti
  • merces 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)
  • merces in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be hired, suborned: mercede conductum esse
    • (ambiguous) the stipulated reward for anything: pacta merces alicuius rei
    • (ambiguous) to set out goods for sale: exponere, proponere merces (venales)
  • “mercenary”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: mer‧ces

Noun

merces

  1. plural of merce
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia