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Mercurialis

Mercurialis · adj

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What it meant

Mercŭrĭālis — Lewis & Short

Mercŭrĭālis, e, adj.Mercurius,

I of or belonging to the god Mercury: caduceum, App. M. 11, p. 262: unde frequentia Mercuriale Imposuere mihi cognomen compita, called me Mercury (as being a skilful man of business), Hor. S. 2, 3, 25.—Subst.: Mercŭrĭāles, ium, m., the name of a corporation of traders: Mercuriales M. Furium Flaccum de collegio ejecerunt, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 5, 2.—With reference to Mercury as the god of scholars: Faunus, Mercurialium Custos virorum, Hor. C. 2, 17, 28.—

B Of or belonging to the planet Mercury: cursus, Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 4.—

II Transf.

A Herba mercurialis, a plant, dog's-mercury, Cato, R. R. 158; Plin. 25, 5, 18, § 38.—

B Pagus Mercurialis, a town of Africa propria, in Zeugitana, Inscr. Spon. Miscell. Erud. Antiq. p. 191.

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