mercurius

See also: Mercurius

Latin

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /merˈku.ri.us/, [mɛrˈkʊ.ri.ʊs]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /merˈku.ri.us/, [merˈkuː.ri.us]

Noun

mercurius m (genitive mercuriī); second declension

  1. mercury (element)

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative mercurius mercuriī
Genitive mercuriī mercuriōrum
Dative mercuriō mercuriīs
Accusative mercurium mercuriōs
Ablative mercuriō mercuriīs
Vocative mercurie mercuriī

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • mercurius corrosivus
  • mercurius dulcis

References
  • mercurius in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • mercurius in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • mercurius in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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