mercēdŏnĭus
a, um, adj.
I.
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.—
II.
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.