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Mercurius

Mercurius · m

Mercury, the son of Jupiter and Maia, the messenger of the gods; as a herald, the god of dexterity; in speaking, of…

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Genethliacon ad Ausonium Nepotem 1 · 58.48/10k
Apocolocyntosis 3 · 11.07/10k
Eclogarum Liber 3 · 10.96/10k
Amphitruo 7 · 7.12/10k
Technopaegnion 1 · 6.73/10k
Epigrammata Ausonii de diversis rebus 2 · 5.49/10k
Alcibiades 1 · 4.95/10k
Timaeus 2 · 4.74/10k
De Testimionio Animae 1 · 4.47/10k
Saturae 2 · 4.42/10k
Carmina 5 · 3.76/10k
Fabulae Aesopiae 4 · 3.65/10k

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What it meant

Mercŭrĭus — Lewis & Short

Mercŭrĭus, ii, m., = *(ermh=s,

I Mercury, the son of Jupiter and Maia, the messenger of the gods; as a herald, the god of dexterity; in speaking, of eloquence; the bestower of prosperity; the god of traders and thieves; the presider over roads, and conductor of departed souls to the Lower World: Mercurius a mercibus est dictus. Hunc etenim negotiorum omnium aestimabant esse deum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 124 Müll.; Cic. N. D. 3, 22 sq.; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 72, § 185; id. Arat. 277; Caes. B. G. 6, 17; Verg. A. 4, 222; Hor. C. 1, 10, 1; Ov. F. 5, 663 sqq.: stella Mercurii, the planet Mercury: infra hanc autem stella Mercurii est, ea sti/lbwn appellatur a Graecis, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 54; so, stella Mercurii, id. Univ. 9; also simply Mercurius, id. Rep. 6, 17, 17: dies Mercurii or Mercuris, Wednesday, Inscr. Murat. 402, 7.—Appel. gen. plur.: Mercuriorum, Tert. Spect. 1, 11 fin.—

B Transf., the withers of draught-cattle, between the neck and the back (post-class.), Veg. Vet. 2, 59; 4, 3.—

II In partic.

A Aqua Mercurii, a fountain in the via Appia, Ov. F. 5, 673.—

B Tumulus Mercurii, near Carthago nova, Liv. 26, 44.—

C Promontorium Mercurii, in Africa, in Zeugitana, near Carthage, now Capo Bon, Liv. 29, 27; Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 87.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. Mercurius (scan p. 424; entry #6803).

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