Latin

Noun

mergulus m ‎(genitive mergulī); second declension

1. wick of a lamp

Inflection

Second declension.

Synonyms

• (wick): fīlum

Related terms

• mergō

Etymology 2

mergus cum mergulō (diver with chick)

Diminutive from mergus ‎(“diver, loon”) +‎ -ulus, from mergō ‎(“dive, plunge”).

Noun

mergulus m ‎(genitive mergulī); second declension

1. small diver, loon (kind of waterfowl)

Inflection

Second declension.

Related terms

• mergō
• mergus

Descendants

• Portuguese: mergulhar, mergulho

References

• mergulus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• MERGULUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “mergulus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.