mergus
See also: Mergus
Latin
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Etymology
[edit]From mergō (“dive, plunge”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈmer.ɡus/, [ˈmɛrɡʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmer.ɡus/, [ˈmɛrɡus]
Noun
[edit]mergus m (genitive mergī); second declension
Usage notes
[edit]Classical Latin applied the term mergus to the diver (loon), but modern taxonomic Latin applies this term to the merganser, and calls the diver gāvia.
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mergus | mergī |
| genitive | mergī | mergōrum |
| dative | mergō | mergīs |
| accusative | mergum | mergōs |
| ablative | mergō | mergīs |
| vocative | merge | mergī |
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Catalan: murgó
- Galician: mergullón, somorgullo
- Italian: marangone, smergo
- Leonese: mergollón
- Occitan: margon, margolh (Provençal)
- Portuguese: mergulho, mergulhão
- Sicilian: maraguni, marauni
- Spanish: somorgujo
- → Translingual: Mergus
- Venetan: marangon
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- “mergus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “mergus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- mergus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.