"Mercurius" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: /merˈku.ri.us/ [Classical-Latin], [mɛrˈkʊriʊs̠] [Classical-Latin], /merˈku.ri.us/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [merˈkuːrius] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Possibly from merx (“merchandise”), or perhaps from Etruscan and influenced by merx. Etymology templates: {{der|la|ett|-}} Etruscan Head templates: {{la-proper noun|Mercurius<2>}} Mercurius m sg (genitive Mercuriī or Mercurī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|Mercurius<2>}} Forms: Mercuriī [genitive], Mercurī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Mercurius [nominative, singular], Mercuriī [genitive, singular], Mercurī [genitive, singular], Mercuriō [dative, singular], Mercurium [accusative, singular], Mercuriō [ablative, singular], Mercurī [singular, vocative]
  1. (Roman mythology) Mercury (god of speed and commerce) Tags: Roman, declension-2, masculine, singular Categories (topical): Roman deities
    Sense id: en-Mercurius-la-noun-oVwyJGuB Categories (other): Pages with 6 entries, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 24 20 7 12 10 14 11 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 31 35 34 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 40 33 27 Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
  2. (astronomy) Mercury (planet) Tags: declension-2, masculine, singular Categories (topical): Astronomy
    Sense id: en-Mercurius-la-noun-BThAWuVy Categories (other): Pages with 6 entries, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 24 20 7 12 10 14 11 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 31 35 34 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 40 33 27 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
  3. (alchemy, chemistry) quicksilver, mercury Tags: declension-2, masculine, singular Categories (topical): Alchemy, Chemistry
    Sense id: en-Mercurius-la-noun-4dEYEtFC Categories (other): Pages with 6 entries, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 24 20 7 12 10 14 11 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 31 35 34 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 40 33 27 Topics: alchemy, chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, pseudoscience
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: diēs Mercuriī, mercuriālis, mercurius, stella Mercuriī

Inflected forms

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    },
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    }
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          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "→ Bulgarian: Меркурий (Merkurij)"
    },
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      "text": "→ Catalan: Mercuri (learned)"
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        {
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          "expansion": "→ Czech: Merkur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Czech: Merkur"
    },
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        {
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            "1": "da",
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          "expansion": "→ Danish: Merkur",
          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "→ Danish: Merkur"
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            "2": "Mercurie",
            "3": "mercurie",
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          "expansion": "→ Middle English: Mercurie, mercurie",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle English: Mercurie, mercurie"
    },
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          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "Mercure",
            "lbor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ French: Mercure (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "→ French: Mercure (learned)"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "Mercurio",
            "lbor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Galician: Mercurio (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "→ Galician: Mercurio (learned)"
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        {
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          "expansion": "→ German: Merkur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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          "expansion": "→ Indonesian: Merkurius",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "→ Indonesian: Merkurius"
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          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "Mercurio",
            "lbor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Italian: Mercurio (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: Mercurio (learned)"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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            "1": "lv",
            "2": "Merkur",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Latvian: Merkur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "→ Latvian: Merkur"
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "Mercúrio",
            "lbor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: Mercúrio (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "→ Portuguese: Mercúrio (learned)"
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      "text": "→ Proto-Brythonic: *Merxür"
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            "1": "br",
            "2": "Merc'her"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "Breton: Merc'her"
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            "2": "Merher"
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          "expansion": "Cornish: Merher",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "Cornish: Merher"
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          "expansion": "Middle Welsh: Merchyr",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Welsh: Merchyr"
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        {
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            "1": "cy",
            "2": "Mercher"
          },
          "expansion": "Welsh: Mercher",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Welsh: Mercher"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "Меркурий",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: Меркурий (Merkurij)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: Меркурий (Merkurij)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "Mercurio",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: Mercurio (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: Mercurio (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "Merkurius",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Swedish: Merkurius",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: Merkurius"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "uk",
            "2": "Меркурій",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ukrainian: Меркурій (Merkurij)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ukrainian: Меркурій (Merkurij)"
    },
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            "1": "VL.",
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "⇒ Vulgar Latin: *mercuriāgo"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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        {
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            "1": "ca",
            "2": "melcoratge"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: melcoratge",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: melcoratge"
    }
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "Possibly from merx (“merchandise”), or perhaps from Etruscan and influenced by merx.",
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      "form": "Mercuriī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Mercurī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
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        "table-tags"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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        "singular"
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      "form": "Mercurium",
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  "lang": "Latin",
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  "pos": "noun",
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        [
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            "Forteana",
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            "Pseudoscience",
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            "History",
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            "Fundamental"
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          "source": "w"
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          "chemistry"
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          "mercury"
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        "masculine",
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/merˈku.ri.us/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mɛrˈkʊriʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/merˈku.ri.us/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[merˈkuːrius]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Mercurius"
}
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    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
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    "Latin masculine nouns",
    "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
    "Latin proper nouns",
    "Latin second declension nouns",
    "Latin terms derived from Etruscan",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 6 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
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    {
      "word": "diēs Mercuriī"
    },
    {
      "word": "mercuriālis"
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    {
      "word": "mercurius"
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    {
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    }
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          },
          "expansion": "→ Bulgarian: Меркурий (Merkurij)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bulgarian: Меркурий (Merkurij)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "Mercuri",
            "lbor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Catalan: Mercuri (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: Mercuri (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cs",
            "2": "Merkur",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Czech: Merkur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Czech: Merkur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "Merkur",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Danish: Merkur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Danish: Merkur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "Mercurie",
            "3": "mercurie",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle English: Mercurie, mercurie",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle English: Mercurie, mercurie"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "Mercury",
            "3": "mercury"
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          "expansion": "English: Mercury, mercury",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: Mercury, mercury"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fi",
            "2": "Merkurius",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Finnish: Merkurius",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Finnish: Merkurius"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "Mercure",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: Mercure (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: Mercure (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "Mercurio",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Galician: Mercurio (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Galician: Mercurio (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Merkur",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Merkur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Merkur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "id",
            "2": "Merkurius",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Indonesian: Merkurius",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Indonesian: Merkurius"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "Mercurio",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: Mercurio (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: Mercurio (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lv",
            "2": "Merkur",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latvian: Merkur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latvian: Merkur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "Mercúrio",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: Mercúrio (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: Mercúrio (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cel-bry-pro",
            "2": "*Merxür",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Proto-Brythonic: *Merxür",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Proto-Brythonic: *Merxür"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "br",
            "2": "Merc'her"
          },
          "expansion": "Breton: Merc'her",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Breton: Merc'her"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kw",
            "2": "Merher"
          },
          "expansion": "Cornish: Merher",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Cornish: Merher"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "wlm",
            "2": "Merchyr"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Welsh: Merchyr",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Welsh: Merchyr"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cy",
            "2": "Mercher"
          },
          "expansion": "Welsh: Mercher",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Welsh: Mercher"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "Меркурий",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: Меркурий (Merkurij)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: Меркурий (Merkurij)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "Mercurio",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: Mercurio (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: Mercurio (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "Merkurius",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: Merkurius",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: Merkurius"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "uk",
            "2": "Меркурій",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ukrainian: Меркурій (Merkurij)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ukrainian: Меркурій (Merkurij)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "VL.",
            "2": "*mercuriāgo",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Vulgar Latin: *mercuriāgo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Vulgar Latin: *mercuriāgo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "melcoratge"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: melcoratge",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: melcoratge"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ett",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Etruscan",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Possibly from merx (“merchandise”), or perhaps from Etruscan and influenced by merx.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Mercuriī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Mercurī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Mercurius",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Mercuriī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Mercurī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Mercuriō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Mercurium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Mercuriō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Mercurī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Mercurius<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "Mercurius m sg (genitive Mercuriī or Mercurī); second declension",
      "name": "la-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Mercurius<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "la:Roman deities"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Mercury (god of speed and commerce)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Roman",
          "Roman"
        ],
        [
          "mythology",
          "mythology"
        ],
        [
          "Mercury",
          "Mercury"
        ],
        [
          "god",
          "god"
        ],
        [
          "speed",
          "speed"
        ],
        [
          "commerce",
          "commerce"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Roman mythology) Mercury (god of speed and commerce)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "declension-2",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "mysticism",
        "mythology",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "la:Astronomy"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Mercury (planet)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "astronomy",
          "astronomy"
        ],
        [
          "Mercury",
          "Mercury"
        ],
        [
          "planet",
          "planet"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(astronomy) Mercury (planet)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "astronomy",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "la:Alchemy",
        "la:Chemistry"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "quicksilver, mercury"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "alchemy",
          "alchemy"
        ],
        [
          "chemistry",
          "chemistry"
        ],
        [
          "quicksilver",
          "quicksilver"
        ],
        [
          "mercury",
          "mercury"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(alchemy, chemistry) quicksilver, mercury"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "alchemy",
        "chemistry",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "pseudoscience"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/merˈku.ri.us/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mɛrˈkʊriʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/merˈku.ri.us/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[merˈkuːrius]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Mercurius"
}

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