mercor

Latin

Alternative forms

• mercō (archaic, very rare)

Etymology

From merx.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmer.kor/, [ˈmɛrkɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmer.kor/, [ˈmɛrkor]

Verb

mercor (present infinitive mercārī or mercārier, perfect active mercātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

1. to trade, deal, sell

Conjugation

Conjugation of mercor (first conjugation, deponent)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	mercor	mercāris, mercāre	mercātur	mercāmur	mercāminī	mercantur
	imperfect	mercābar	mercābāris, mercābāre	mercābātur	mercābāmur	mercābāminī	mercābantur
	future	mercābor	mercāberis, mercābere	mercābitur	mercābimur	mercābiminī	mercābuntur
	perfect	mercātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	mercātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	mercātus + future active indicative of sum
	sigmatic future1	mercāssor	mercāsseris	mercāssitur	—	—	—
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	mercer	mercēris, mercēre	mercētur	mercēmur	mercēminī	mercentur
	imperfect	mercārer	mercārēris, mercārēre	mercārētur	mercārēmur	mercārēminī	mercārentur
	perfect	mercātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	mercātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	mercāre	—	—	mercāminī	—
	future	—	mercātor	mercātor	—	—	mercantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		mercārī, mercārier2	mercātum esse	mercātūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		mercāns	mercātus	mercātūrus	—	—	mercandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		mercandī	mercandō	mercandum	mercandō	mercātum	mercātū

¹At least one use of the archaic "sigmatic future" tense is attested, which is used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, and, as the verb is deponent, takes the form of what would otherwise be the rare sigmatic future passive indicative tense (which is not attested in the plural for any verb).
²The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.

Derived terms

• commercor
• mercābilis
• mercāns
• mercantia
• mercātiō
• mercātor
• mercātōrius
• mercātūra
• mercātus

Descendants

• Asturian: mercar
• Old Galician-Portuguese: mercar
  • Galician: mercar
  • Portuguese: mercar
• Sicilian: mircari
• Spanish: mercar

See also

• mereō
• merx

References

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