mergae

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Latin

Etymology

Probably from a Proto-Indo-European root common with Ancient Greek ἀμέργω (amérgō, “to pluck or pull”), ὀμόργνυμι (omórgnumi, “to wipe”) and maybe Lithuanian márška (“net for fish”).

Pronunciation

Noun

mergae f pl (genitive mergārum); first declension (plural only)

  1. a two-pronged pitchfork

Declension

First-declension noun, plural only.

Case Plural
Nominative mergae
Genitive mergārum
Dative mergīs
Accusative mergās
Ablative mergīs
Vocative mergae

Derived terms

References

  • “mergae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • mergae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “mergae”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 779
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