LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

mercēdula

mercēdula f (genitive mercēdulae)

Meaning

  1. diminutivediminutive of mercēs
  2. low salary, small wages, low reward
  3. small rent of land

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativemercēdulamercēdulae
genitivemercēdulaemercēdulārum
dativemercēdulaemercēdulīs
accusativemercēdulammercēdulās
ablativemercēdulāmercēdulīs
vocativemercēdulamercēdulae

mercēdŭla, ae, f. dim. 1. merces.
I. Small wages, poor pay (class.): infimi homines mercedula adducti, Cic. de Or. 1, 45, 198: isto modo nec medico quicquam debere te nisi mercedulam dicis nec praeceptori, Sen. Ben. 6, 15, 1.—
II. Hire, rent, income: constituere mercedulas praediorum, Cic. Att. 13, 11, 1.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ula Latin mercēdula From mercēs (“salary”) + -ula (diminutive suffix).

Quick answers

What does mercēdula mean in Latin?
mercēdula, a noun, means “diminutive of mercēs; low salary, small wages, low reward; small rent of land”.
What is the genitive of mercēdula?
The genitive singular is mercēdulae. mercēdula is feminine, first declension.