Mercurius - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)

• Beginning
• 1 English
  • 1.1 Noun
• 2 Afrikaans
  • 2.1 Etymology
  • 2.2 Pronunciation
  • 2.3 Proper noun
    * 2.3.1 See also
• 3 Dutch
  • 3.1 Pronunciation
  • 3.2 Proper noun
    * 3.2.1 Synonyms
• 4 Estonian
  • 4.1 Proper noun
• 5 Latin
  • 5.1 Etymology
  • 5.2 Pronunciation
  • 5.3 Noun
    * 5.3.1 Declension
    * 5.3.2 Derived terms
    * 5.3.3 Descendants
  • 5.4 References
• 6 Middle English
  • 6.1 Proper noun

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Mercurius (uncountable)

1. A homeopathic remedy involving mercury.

From Dutch Mercurius.

• Hyphenation: Mercurius

Mercurius

1. (astronomy) Mercury
2. (Roman mythology) Mercury

• planets of the Solar System: planete van die Sonnestelsel: Mercurius · Venus · Aarde · Mars · Jupiter · Saturnus · Uranus · Neptunus [edit]
• IPA(key): /mɛrˈkyː.ri.ʏs/

Mercurius m

1. the planet Mercury
2. Mercury, the Roman god

• (Roman god of commerce): Mercuur (obsolete)
• mercuriale
• mercurium
• mercuur

Mercurius

1. Mercury (god)

Possibly from merx (“merchandise”), or perhaps from Etruscan and influenced by merx.[1]

• (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [mɛrˈkʊ.ri.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [merˈkuː.ri.us]

Mercurius m sg (genitive Mercuriī or Mercurī); second declension

1. (Roman mythology) Mercury (god of speed and commerce)
2. (astronomy) Mercury (planet)
3. (alchemy, chemistry) quicksilver, mercury

Second-declension noun, singular only.

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

• diēs Mercuriī
• mercuriālis
• mercurius
• stella Mercuriī

Descendants

• → Bulgarian: Меркурий (Merkurij)
• → Catalan: Mercuri (learned)
• → Czech: Merkur
• → Danish: Merkur
• → Middle English: Mercurie, mercurie
  • English: Mercury, mercury
• → Finnish: Merkurius
• → French: Mercure (learned)
• → Galician: Mercurio (learned)
• → German: Merkur
• → Indonesian: Merkurius
• → Italian: Mercurio (learned)
• → Latvian: Merkur
• → Portuguese: Mercúrio (learned)
• → Proto-Brythonic: *Merxür
  • Breton: Merc'her
  • Cornish: Merher
  • Middle Welsh: Merchyr
    * Welsh: Mercher
• → Russian: Меркурий (Merkurij)
• → Spanish: Mercurio (learned)
• → Swedish: Merkurius
• → Ukrainian: Меркурій (Merkurij)
• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *mercuriāgo
  • Catalan: melcoratge

1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “Mercury”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Mercurius

1. alternative form of Mercurie

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• Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
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• Dutch lemmas
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• Estonian terms spelled with C
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