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mercātūra , ae, f. mercor,
I.trade, traffic, commerce (class.).
I. Lit.: mercatura autem, si tenuis est, sordida putanda est; “sin magna et copiosa, non est admodum vituperanda,” Cic. Off. 1, 42, 151: “mercaturas facere,” to follow the pursuits of trade, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 28, § 72.—
B. Trop.: ad quos cum tanquam ad mercaturam bonarum artium sis profectus, to the purchase of, etc., Cic. Off. 3, 2, 6: “utilitatum,” id. N. D. 1, 44, 122.—
II. Transf., goods, wares, merchandise (ante-Aug.), Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 51.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.5.72
    • Plautus, Trinummus, 2.2
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 1.44
    • Cicero, De Officiis, 3.2
    • Cicero, De Officiis, 1.42
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