English

Noun

merus ‎(plural meri)

1. The first segment of the raptorial appendage of a crustacean

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mer- ‎(“to sparkle, glimmer, gleam”); see also Ancient Greek μαρμαίρω ‎(marmaírō), Sanskrit मरीचि ‎(marīci, “beam, ray”), Old Irish emer, and Old English amerian ‎(“to purify”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈme.rus/, [ˈmɛ.rʊs]

Adjective

merus m ‎(feminine mera, neuter merum); first/second declension

1. sheer, undiluted, pure (especially of wine)

Inflection

First/second declension.

Descendants

• English: mere
• Italian: mero
• Spanish: mero

References

• merus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• merus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• MERUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “merus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• merus in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly