[886] mercēdula, ae, f. (Demin. v. merces), I) der geringe, kümmerliche, elende Lohn, mercedulā adducti, Cic. de or. 1, 198: isto modo nec medico quicquam debere te nisi mercedulam dicis nec praeceptori, Sen. de ben. 6, 15, 1: cupiditas diutius exigendi mercedulas, Quint. 12, 11, 14. – II) die geringen Einkünfte, mercedulae praediorum, die paar Pachtgelder, Cic. ad Att. 13, 11, 1.