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|lshtext=<b>merx</b>: cis (<br /><b>I</b> nom. [[sing]]. [[merces]], Sall. Fragm. ap. [[Charis]]. p. 27 P.), f. [[mereo]], [[goods]], [[wares]], commodities, [[merchandise]] ([[class]].): invendibili merce [[oportet]] [[ultro]] emptorem adducere: Proba [[merx]] [[facile]] emptorem reperit, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 128: fallaces et fucosae, Cic. Rab. Post. 14, 40: peregrina et delicata, Plin. Ep. 4, 14, 1: femineae, for women, Ov. M. 13, 165: esculenta, [[eatables]], [[victuals]], Col. 11, 3: navem mercibus implere, Juv. 14, 288: sarmenta [[quoque]] in merce sunt, are an [[article]] of [[merchandise]], Plin. 12, 25, 54, § 118: Arabiae et Indiae, id. 19, 1, 2, § 7: mercis sordidae [[negotiator]], Quint. 1, 12, 17: in peculiari merce negotiari, Gai. Inst. 4, 72.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., in gen., a [[thing]] ([[ante]]-[[class]].).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Of persons: [[mala]] [[merx]] haec, et callida est, a [[bad]] [[lot]], Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 61; id. Ps. 4, 1, 44; id. Pers. 2, 2, 56.—Plur.: [[novi]] ego illas malas [[merces]], Plaut. Cas. 3, 6, 23: o mercis malae! id. Truc. 2, 4, 58.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Of inanim. and abstr. subjects: ut [[aetas]] [[mala]] [[mala]]'st [[merces]] [[tergo]]! Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 6 Ritschl N. cr. (in old MSS. for [[merx]] also mers is written acc. to Ritschl; v. Rhein. Mus. 10, p. 454 sq.).