merus

English

Noun

merus (plural meri)

The first segment of the raptorial appendage of a crustacean

Anagrams

Esrum, Mureș, Remus, Sumer, mures, murse, muser, resum, semur, serum

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“to sparkle, glimmer, gleam”); see also Ancient Greek μαρμαίρω (marmaírō), Sanskrit मरीचि (marīci, “beam, ray”), Old Irish emer, and Old English amerian (“to purify”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈme.rus/, [ˈmɛ.rʊs]

Adjective

merus (feminine mera, neuter merum); first/second declension

sheer, undiluted, pure (especially of wine)

Inflection

First/second declension.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
nominative	merus	mera	merum	merī	merae	mera
genitive	merī	merae	merī	merōrum	merārum	merōrum
dative	merō	merae	merō	merīs
accusative	merum	meram	merum	merōs	merās	mera
ablative	merō	merā	merō	merīs
vocative	mere	mera	merum	merī	merae	mera

Descendants

Catalan: mer
English: mere
Italian: mero
Portuguese: mero
Spanish: mero

References

merus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
merus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
merus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
merus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
merus in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

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