mercans

Latin

Etymology

Present participle of mercor.

Participle

mercāns (genitive mercantis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. trading

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative mercāns mercantēs mercantia
Genitive mercantis mercantium
Dative mercantī mercantibus
Accusative mercantem mercāns mercantēs
mercantīs		 mercantia
Ablative mercante
mercantī1		 mercantibus
Vocative mercāns mercantēs mercantia

1When used purely as an adjective.

Descendants
  • Italian: mercante
  • Portuguese: mercante
  • Spanish: mercante

References
  • “mercans”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “mercans”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • mercans in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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