noun · neutersecond declension
merum
merum n (genitive merī)
Classical[ˈmɛ.rũː]Ecclesiastical[ˈmɛː.rum]
Mille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- neuterpure wine, wine unmixed with water, neat wine
Prōtinus errātīs laetī vēscuntur in agrīs
Continuously, the joyful [people] feast in the fields through which they wander, and celebrate themselves and the day with abundant pure wine. (The ancient Romans celebrated the festival of river goddess Anna Perenna on the Ides of March.)8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 3.655–656
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
vīnum sine aquā; Rōmānī merum rārō bibunt.merum -ī n — in Mille Verba, Cibus et Convīvium
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | merum | mera |
| genitive | merī | merōrum |
| dative | merō | merīs |
| accusative | merum | mera |
| ablative | merō | merīs |
| vocative | merum | mera |
mĕrum, i, n., v. merus, 2.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
merum ī, n
merus, unmixed wine, wine without water : multi Damalis meri, i. e. given to , H.: vis meri, O., V., Iu.
Origins
From neuter substantive of merus (“pure”).