merum

Latin

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈme.rum/, [ˈmɛ.rũ]

Etymology 1

From neuter substantive of merus (“pure”).

Noun

merum n (genitive merī); second declension

  1. wine unmixed with water, neat wine
Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative merum mera
Genitive merī merōrum
Dative merō merīs
Accusative merum mera
Ablative merō merīs
Vocative merum mera
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Adjective

merum

  1. nominative neuter singular of merus
  2. accusative masculine singular of merus
  3. accusative neuter singular of merus
  4. vocative neuter singular of merus

References
  • merum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • merum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • merum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • merum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • merum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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