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| Domain | Definition |
Bible | Mercurius the Hermes (i.e., "the speaker") of the Greeks (Acts 14:12), a heathen God represented as the constant attendant of Jupiter, and the god of eloquence. The inhabitants of Lystra took Paul for this god because he was the "chief speaker." Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
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"MERCURIUS" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "an orator", "an interpreter". |
Date "MERCURIUS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1791. (references) |
Crosswords: MERCURIUS |
| Specialty definitions using "MERCURIUS": Consentes Dii, Cut your Coat according to your Cloth ♦ Gods. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "MERCURIUS": Mercaptan. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "MERCURIUS" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Dutch (Mercury), Hungarian (mercury), Latin (mercury). |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Conformity | Phrase: cela va sans dire; ex pede Herculem; noscitur a sociis; ne e quovis ligno Mercurius fiat; "they are happy men whose natures sort with their vocations". "The nail that sticks up will get hammered down"; "Stick your neck out and it may get cut off." |
Occasion | Phrase: carpe diem; occasionem cognosce; one's hour is come, the time is up; that reminds me, now that you mention it, come to think of it; bien perdu bien connu; e sempre l'ora; ex quovis ligno non fit Mercurius; nosce tempus; nunc aut nunquam. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Political electricity; or, an historical & prophetical print in the year 1770 / Bute & Wilkes invent. ; Mercurius & Appeles fect. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "MERCURIUS" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "MERCURIUS" is used about 16 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 100% | 16 | 87,710 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "MERCURIUS": ex quovis ligno non fit Mercurius ♦ ne e quovis ligno Mercurius fiat. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
mercurius | 34 |
mercurius vivus | 10 |
mercurius solubilis | 10 |
gundam mercurius | 3 |
jeweler mercurius | 2 |
horoscope mercurius | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Date | Source | Acts Chapter 14, Verse 12 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Ekaloun te ton men barnaban dia ton de paulon ermhn epeidh autoV hn o hgoumenoV tou logou |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Sacerdos quoque Iovis qui erat ante civitatem tauros et coronas ante ianuas adferens cum populis volebat sacrificare |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And the preest of Jubiter that was bifor the citee, brouyte boolis and crownes bifor the yatis, with puplis, and wolde haue maad sacrifice. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And they called Barnabas Iupiter and Paul Mercurius because he was the preacher. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius, because he was the chief speaker. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And they called Barnabas, Jupiter, and Paul, Mercurius, because he was the chief speaker. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And they gave the name of Jupiter to Barnabas, and to Paul that of Mercury, because he was the chief talker. |
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| Language | Acts Chapter 14, Verse 12 |
| Albanian | Dhe e quanin Barnabën Jupiter, Palin Mërkur, sepse ai fliste më shumë. |
| Cebuano | Ug si Bernabe ilang ginganlan si Zeus, ug si Pablo ilang ginganlan si Hermes tungod kay siya mao man ang pangulo sa sinultihay. |
| Croatian | I nazvaše Barnabu Zeusom, a Pavla Hermesom jer je Pavao vodio rijeè. |
| Danish | Og de kaldte Barnabas Zens, men Paulus Hermes, fordi han var den, som førte Ordet. |
| Dutch | En zij noemden Barnabas Jupiter, en Paulus Mercurius, omdat hij het woord voerde. |
| Finnish | Ja he sanoivat Barnabasta Zeukseksi ja Paavalia Hermeeksi, koska hän oli se, joka puhui. |
| French | Ils appelaient Barnabas Jupiter, et Paul Mercure, parce que c`Ă©tait lui qui portait la parole. |
| German | Und nannten Barnabas Jupiter und Paulus Merkurius, dieweil er das Wort fĂĽhrte. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Lalu Barnabas mereka menamakan Zeus, dan Paulus mereka menamakan Hermes, sebab dialah yang berbicara. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Lalu digelarkannya Barnabas itu Zius, tetapi Paulus itu Hermes, sebab ialah pemberita yang terutama. |
| Latvian | Bet Jupitera priesteris, kas atradâs ârpus pilsçtas, atvedis vçrðus un vainagus pie vârtiem, gribçja kopâ ar ïaudîm upurçt. |
| Maori | A huaina ana e ratou a Panapa ko Hupita, a Paora ko Merekurai, no te mea ko ia te pu korero. |
| Norwegian | Og de kalte Barnabas Jupiter og Paulus Merkur, fordi han var den som førte ordet. |
| Portuguese | A Barnabé chamavam Júpiter e a Paulo, Mercúrio, porque era ele o que dirigia a palavra. |
| Rumanian | Pe Barnaba kl numeau Jupiter, iar pe Pavel Mercur, pentrucq mknuia cuvkntul. |
| Shuar | PirnapĂnkia, JĂşpitir Náartin YĂşsaiti, tiarmiayi. Tura Páprunka, Mirkiuriu Náartin YĂşsaiti, tiarmiayi. Pápruka chichau asamtai tu anaikiarmiayi. |
| Spanish | A Bernabé le llamaban Zeus y a Pablo, Hermes, porque era el que llevaba la palabra. |
| Swahili | Barnaba akaitwa Zeu, na Paulo, kwa vile yeye ndiye aliyekuwa anaongea, akaitwa Herme. |
| Swedish | Och de kallade Barnabas för Jupiter, men Paulus kallade de för Merkurius, eftersom det var han som förde ordet. |
| Uma | Barnabas rahanga' Zeus, pai' Paulus rahanga' Hermes, apa' Paulus poko topololita. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-i-m-r-r-s-u-u" | |
-2 letters: ceriums, cruiser, curiums, curries, murices, murries. | |
-3 letters: cerium, cesium, cirrus, criers, crimes, cruise, curers, curies, curium, currie, curser, miscue, murres, recurs, ricers, rimers, uremic, usurer. | |
-4 letters: cires, crier, cries, crime, cruse, curer, cures, curie, currs, curse, ecrus, emirs, mesic, mires, miser, mucus, mures, murre, murrs, muser, music, recur, ricer, rices, rimer, rimes, riser. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-i-m-r-r-s-u-u" | |
+3 letters: maricultures. | |
+4 letters: bureaucratism, microcultures. | |
+5 letters: bureaucratisms, micropunctures, microstructure. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 45 52 43 55 52 49 55 53 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- . .-. -.-. ..- .-. .. ..- ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01000101 01010010 01000011 01010101 01010010 01001001 01010101 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M E R C U R I U S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0045 0052 0043 0055 0052 0049 0055 0053 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)473952375552435553 |
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