mercātus ūs, m mercor, trade, traffic, bargaining, buying and selling: eo ad mercatum venio, for a market, T.: domesticus.
—A place for trade, market-place, market, mart: frequens, L.: mercatu indicto.
—A festival, assemblage for games: is qui habetur maximo ludorum apparatu: Asiae Graeciaeque is mercatus erat, L.