mercator

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

mercātor: ōris, m. id.,
I a trader, merchant, esp. a wholesale dealer (opp. to caupo, a retailer; class.).
I Lit.: venalicii mercatoresque, Cic. Or. 70, 232: multi ad eos mercatores ventitant, Caes. B. G. 4, 3. —
II Transf.
   A A dealer, speculator: non consules, sed mercatores provinciarum, Cic. post Red. in Sen. 4, 10.—Rarely of a petty dealer: vilis sacci mercator olentis, Juv. 14, 269.—
   B A buyer, purchaser: signorum, Cic. Verr. 1, 20, 60: veneni, Juv. 13, 154.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

mercātŏr,¹⁰ ōris, m. (mercor), marchand, commerçant : Cic. Or. 232 ; Cæs. G. 4, 3 || trafiquant de qqch. [avec gén.] : Cic. Sen. 10 ; Verr. 2, 1, 60.

Latin > German (Georges)

mercātor, ōris, m. (mercor), I) der Handelsmann, Kaufmann, bes. der Kaufherr, Großhändler, im Ggstz. zu caupo (Krämer), Plaut., Caes., Cic. u.a.: m. vinarius, Corp. inscr. Lat. 10, 545 u. 10, 6493: Rhodo m., ein K. von Rh., Plaut. asin. 499. – übtr., mercatores potestatum, Verhandler, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 49, 1. – II) der Käufer, Aufkäufer, signorum tabularumque pictarum, Cic. II. Verr. 1, 60: übtr., provinciarum, Cic. post red. in sen. 10.

Latin > English

mercator mercatoris N M :: trader, merchant