mergae

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
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmer.ɡae̯/, [ˈmɛr.ɡae̯]

Noun

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

  1. a two-pronged pitchfork

Inflection

First declension.

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), volume 2, 3rd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 779
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