mergulus
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Latin[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmer.ɡu.lus/, [ˈmɛrɡʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmer.ɡu.lus/, [ˈmɛrɡulus]
Etymology 1[edit]
Diminutive from mergō (“immerse, dip”) + -ulus.
Noun[edit]
mergulus m (genitive mergulī); second declension
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | mergulus | mergulī |
Genitive | mergulī | mergulōrum |
Dative | mergulō | mergulīs |
Accusative | mergulum | mergulōs |
Ablative | mergulō | mergulīs |
Vocative | mergule | mergulī |
Synonyms[edit]
- (wick): fīlum
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Diminutive from mergus (“diver, loon”) + -ulus, from mergō (“dive, plunge”).
Noun[edit]
mergulus m (genitive mergulī); second declension
- Diminutive of mergus
- (Late Latin, proscribed) Synonym of mergus
- 3rd–4th century, Appendix Probi, line 194:
- mergus non mergulus
- [The correct form is] mergus, not mergulus
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | mergulus | mergulī |
Genitive | mergulī | mergulōrum |
Dative | mergulō | mergulīs |
Accusative | mergulum | mergulōs |
Ablative | mergulō | mergulīs |
Vocative | mergule | mergulī |
Derived terms[edit]
- Vulgar Latin: *merguliāre
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “mergulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- mergulus 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)
- mergulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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