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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”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
mergae f pl (genitive mergārum); first declension (plural only)
- a two-pronged pitchfork
Declension
First-declension noun, plural only.
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.