merces

See also:mercès,mercês,Mercês,mērcēs,andmērces

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key):/ˈmer.keːs/,[ˈmɛrkeːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key):/ˈmer.t͡ʃes/,[ˈmɛrt͡ʃes]

Etymology 1

Noun

mercēs

1. nominative/accusative/vocativepluralofmerx

Etymology 2

Frommerx(“merchandise”)

Noun

mercēsf(genitivemercēdis);third declension

1. pay,wages,reward

   Synonyms:praemium,pretium,stīpendium,oblātiō,commodum

   Beati estis cum maledixerint vobis, et persecuti vos fuerint, et dixerint omne malum adversum vos mentientes, propter me: gaudete, et exultate, quoniammercesvestra copiosa est in caelis.

   Blessed are ye, when men shall curse you, and persecute you, and, lying, speak all ill of you, because of me: rejoice, and exult, for yourrewardis abundant in heaven. —Vulgate,Mt 5, 11-12.

2. revenue,income

   Synonym:exitus

3. chastisement,punishment,penalty

   Synonyms:pūnītiō,sānctiō,poena,supplicium,exemplum,vindicātiō,vindicta,animadversus,malum,pretium

4. rent
5. bribe

Declension

Third-declensionnoun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mercēs	mercēdēs
Genitive	mercēdis	mercēdum
Dative	mercēdī	mercēdibus
Accusative	mercēdem	mercēdēs
Ablative	mercēde	mercēdibus
Vocative	mercēs	mercēdēs

Derived terms

• mercēdārius
• mercēdituum
• mercēdonius
• mercēdula
• mercēnārius/mercēnnārius

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian:mercede,mercé
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Franco-Provençal:marci
  • Old French:merci,mercit(archaic);merchit,merchi(northern)
    • French:merci
    • Norman:merci
    • →Middle English:merci
      • English:mercy
• Occitano-Romance:
  • Catalan:mercè,mercès⇒vostè(may be borrowed from Spanish)
  • Occitan:mercé,mercé
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Aragonese:merce⇒vusté(may be borrowed from Spanish)
  • Old Galician-Portuguese:mercee
    • Galician:mercé
    • Portuguese:mercê⇒você
  • Old Spanish:merced
    • Ladino:merçed(מירסידﬞ)
    • Spanish:merced⇒usted
      • →Galician:vostede

• Insular Romance
  • Sardinian:merchede
  • Sicilian:mirzidi,mirzì;(+granni)grammirzì

Etymology 3

Verb

mercēs

1. second-personsingularpresentactivesubjunctiveofmercō

References

• “merces”,inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary,Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “merces”,inCharlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary,New York: Harper & Brothers
• mercesin Dizionario Latino, Olivetti
• mercesin Charles du Fresne du Cange’sGlossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis(augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• mercesinGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français,Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894)Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1],London:Macmillan and Co.
  • to be hired, suborned:mercede conductum esse
    
  • (ambiguous)the stipulated reward for anything:pacta merces alicuius rei
    
  • (ambiguous)to set out goods for sale:exponere, proponere merces (venales)
    
• “mercenary”,inThe Century Dictionary[…],New York, N.Y.:The Century Co.,1911,→OCLC.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil)IPA^(key):/ˈmɛʁ.sis/[ˈmɛh.sis]

• (Brazil)IPA^(key):/ˈmɛʁ.sis/[ˈmɛh.sis]
  • (São Paulo)IPA^(key):/ˈmɛɾ.sis/
  • (Rio de Janeiro)IPA^(key):/ˈmɛʁ.siʃ/[ˈmɛχ.siʃ]
  • (Southern Brazil)IPA^(key):/ˈmɛɻ.ses/

• (Portugal)IPA^(key):/ˈmɛɾ.sɨʃ/

• Hyphenation:mer‧ces

Noun

merces

1. pluralofmerce