Mercurialis
Translingual
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Etymology
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Proper noun
[edit]Mercurialis f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Euphorbiaceae – mercuries, principally of southern Europe.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids, COM clade - clades; Malpighiales - order; Euphorbiaceae - family; Acalyphoideae - subfamily; Acalypheae - tribe; Mercurialinae - subtribe
Hyponyms
[edit]- (genus): Mercurialis perennis (dog's mercury) - type species; Mercurialis annua (annual mercury), Mercurialis leiocarpa, Mercurialis tomentosa - selected other species
References
[edit]Mercurialis (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Mercurialis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Mercurialis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Mercurialis at USDA Plants database
- Mercurialis at Tropicos
- Mercurialis at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Mercurialis at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Mercurialis at Germplasm Resources Information Network
- Mercurialis at The Plant List
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Mercurius (“Mercury”) + -ālis.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /mer.ku.riˈaː.lis/, [mɛrkʊriˈäːlʲɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /mer.ku.riˈa.lis/, [merkuriˈäːlis]
Adjective
[edit]Mercuriālis (neuter Mercuriāle); third-declension two-termination adjective
Declension
[edit]Third-declension two-termination adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
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Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | Mercuriālis | Mercuriāle | Mercuriālēs | Mercuriālia | |
Genitive | Mercuriālis | Mercuriālium | |||
Dative | Mercuriālī | Mercuriālibus | |||
Accusative | Mercuriālem | Mercuriāle | Mercuriālēs Mercuriālīs |
Mercuriālia | |
Ablative | Mercuriālī | Mercuriālibus | |||
Vocative | Mercuriālis | Mercuriāle | Mercuriālēs | Mercuriālia |
References
[edit]- Mercurialis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Mercurialis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press