noun · femininefirst declension
mercātūra
mercātūra f (genitive mercātūrae)
Meaning
- trade, commerce
c. 106-43 B.C.E., Marcus Tullius Cicero, In Verrem, 2.5.72
who had been taken by pirates, while they were engaged in commerce, or else sailing with some other object, he accused of having been with the pirates of their own free will. - goods, merchandise
c. 254-184 B.C.E., Plautus, Trinummus, 2.2.51
Had he merchandise or wares to sell, when he lost his property?
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mercātūra | mercātūrae |
| genitive | mercātūrae | mercātūrārum |
| dative | mercātūrae | mercātūrīs |
| accusative | mercātūram | mercātūrās |
| ablative | mercātūrā | mercātūrīs |
| vocative | mercātūra | mercātūrae |
mercātūra, ae, f. mercor,
I. trade, traffic, commerce (class.).
I. Lit.: mercatura autem, si tenuis est, sordida putanda est;
sin magna et copiosa, non est admodum vituperanda, Cic. Off. 1, 42, 151: mercaturas facere, to follow the pursuits of trade, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 28, § 72.—B. Trop.: ad quos cum tanquam ad mercaturam bonarum artium sis profectus, to the purchase of, etc., Cic. Off. 3, 2, 6:
utilitatum, id. N. D. 1, 44, 122.—Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
mercātūra ae, f
mercor, trade, traffic, commerce : tenuis: quaestūs mercaturae, Cs.: mercaturas facere, the pursuits of trade : Aversus mercaturis, H.—Fig.: bonarum artium, the purchase .
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin mercātūra From mercōr + -tūra.
Descendants
- Italianmercatura