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Mercator
Mercator
See also: mercator
English
Noun
Mercator (uncountable)
- (chiefly attributive) Pertaining to an orthomorphic map projection, in which meridians appear at right-angles to the equator, and lines of latitude are horizontal lines whose distance from each other increases with distance from the equator.
- Such a projection or chart.
- 1809, Lord Byron, letter (to Henry Drury), 25 Jun 1809:
- we have determined to go by way of Lisbon [...], if so be that Capt. Kidd our gallant or rather gallows commander understands plain sailing and Mercator, and takes us on our voyage all according to the Chart.
- 1809, Lord Byron, letter (to Henry Drury), 25 Jun 1809:
mercator
mercator
See also: Mercator
Latin
Noun
mercātor m (genitive mercātōris); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mercātor | mercātōrēs |
| genitive | mercātōris | mercātōrum |
| dative | mercātōrī | mercātōribus |
| accusative | mercātōrem | mercātōrēs |
| ablative | mercātōre | mercātōribus |
| vocative | mercātor | mercātōrēs |
Derived terms
- mercātōrius
Related terms
Descendants
See also
- mercālis
- merx
References
- mercator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- mercator in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- MERCATOR in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “mercator”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.