mergus
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mergus (diver, loon)
See also: Mergus
Latin
Etymology
From mergō (“dive, plunge”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈmer.ɡus/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmer.ɡus/,
Noun
mergus m (genitive mergī); second declension
Usage notes
Classical Latin applied the term mergus to the diver (loon), but modern taxonomic Latin applies this term to the merganser, and calls the diver gāvia.
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | mergus | mergī |
| Genitive | mergī | mergōrum |
| Dative | mergō | mergīs |
| Accusative | mergum | mergōs |
| Ablative | mergō | mergīs |
| Vocative | merge | mergī |
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Catalan: murgó
- Galician: mergullón, somorgullo
- Italian: marangone, smergo
- Leonese: mergollón
- Occitan: margon, margolh (Provençal)
- Portuguese: mergulho, mergulhão
- Sicilian: maraguni, marauni
- Spanish: somorgujo
- → Translingual: Mergus
- Venetian: marangon
See also
References
- “mergus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “mergus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- mergus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.