mercator

See also: Mercator

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From mercor (“trade, deal in goods”) +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

Noun

mercātor m (genitive mercātōris, feminine mercātrīx); third declension

  1. merchant, trader, wholesale dealer
  2. dealer, speculator

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative mercātor mercātōrēs
Genitive mercātōris mercātōrum
Dative mercātōrī mercātōribus
Accusative mercātōrem mercātōrēs
Ablative mercātōre mercātōribus
Vocative mercātor mercātōrēs

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: mercador
  • Portuguese: mercador

See also

References
  • “mercator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “mercator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • mercator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • mercator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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