adjective gloss

mercēdŏnĭus

fem. mercēdŏnia · neut. mercēdŏnium

1. merces-do

belonging to the payment of wages; on which wages are paid, pay-days

of or belonging to the payment of wages: Mercedonios (dies) dixerunt a mercede solvendā, on which wages are paid, pay-days, Paul. ex Fest. p. 124 Müll.—

a payer of wages, paymaster; an employer

Subst.: mercēdŏnĭus, ii, m., a payer of wages, paymaster: mercedonius, qui solvit mercedem; † mercedarius (an employer), qui dat mercedem pro labore sibi impenso, Gloss. Isid. 37.

Perseus ID: n28766 Key: mercedonius1