LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

mercimōnium

mercimōnium n (genitive mercimōniī or mercimōnī)

Meaning

  1. goods, wares, merchandise

Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Merx · Mercimonium

Merx means wares, in as far as they are already wrought up, as an article of trade; mercimonium, in as far as they can become so, like the materials of wares. Tac. A. xi. 5. Nec quidquam publicæ mercis tam venale fuit: comp. with xv. 38. Mercimonium quo flamma alitur.

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativemercimōniummercimōnia
genitivemercimōniī
mercimōnī		mercimōniōrum
dativemercimōniōmercimōniīs
accusativemercimōniummercimōnia
ablativemercimōniōmercimōniīs
vocativemercimōniummercimōnia

mercĭmōnĭum, ii, n. merx,
I. goods, wares, merchandise (ante-class. and postAug.): in vostris mercimoniis Emundis vendundisque, Plaut. Am. prol. 1; id. Most. 3, 3, 9; 12: quid agit meum mercimonium apud te? id. Curc. 4, 4, 8: videre cupio nostrum mercimonium, Turp. ap. Non. 213, 8: per tabernas, quibus id mercimonium inerat, quo flamma alitur, Tac. A. 15, 38.

Origins

  1. Proto-Italic*merks
  2. Latinmercimōnium

Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -mōnium Latin mercimōnium From merx (“merchandise, goods”) + -mōnium (“obligation or collective suffix”).

Descendants
  • Italianmercimonio

Quick answers

What does mercimōnium mean in Latin?
mercimōnium, a noun, means “goods, wares, merchandise”.
What is the genitive of mercimōnium?
The genitive singular is mercimōniī. mercimōnium is neuter, second declension.
Where does mercimōnium come from?
Proto-Italic *merks → Latin mercimōnium.