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mergus

mergus · m

A diver

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Where it lives

Helvius Pertinax 1 · 3.85/10k
Epodon 1 · 3.33/10k
Satyrarum libri 1 · 0.7/10k
Res Rustica, Books I-IX 4 · 0.51/10k
Pro A. Cluentio 1 · 0.48/10k
Ex Ponto 1 · 0.48/10k
Apologia 1 · 0.47/10k
Pharsalia 1 · 0.2/10k
Metamorphoses 1 · 0.13/10k
Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k

What it meant

mergus — Lewis & Short

mergus, i, m.mergo.

I A diver, a kind of water-fowl, Varr. L. L. 5, § 78 Müll.: praesagiunt pluviam mergi, Plin. 18, 35, 87, § 362: mergi maria fugientes, id. ib.; Ov. M. 8, 625; cf.: aequor amat; nomenque tenet, quia mergitur illo, id. ib. 11, 795; Hor. Epod. 10, 22.—Jestingly: mergus agrarius, of one who is eager to possess lands, Capitol. Pertin. 9.—

II A vine-layer, Col. 4, 15, 1; Pall. 3, 16, 1.

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