merus, mera, merum:
Adjective · 1st declension · variant: 1st · comparison: positive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
unmixed (wine), pure, only; bare, mere, sheer;
Inflections
positive
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | merus | meri |
| Gen. | meri | merorum |
| Dat. | mero | — |
| Acc. | merum | meros |
| Voc. | mere | meri |
| Abl. | mero | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | mera | merae |
| Gen. | merae | merarum |
| Dat. | merae | — |
| Acc. | meram | meras |
| Voc. | mera | merae |
| Abl. | mera | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | merum | mera |
| Gen. | meri | merorum |
| Dat. | mero | — |
| Acc. | merum | mera |
| Voc. | merum | mera |
| Abl. | mero | — |
Examples
- T
Bacchides
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...eadem dedero tibi, ubi biberis, savium. P. Viscus merus vostrast blanditia. B. Quid iam? P. Quia enim intellego..." - G
Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...lymphae vini pernicies, et ad severos migrate. hic merus est Thyonianus. XXVIII. ad Verannium et Fabullum Pisonis comites..." - Q
Sermones I
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...inest, nisi quod pede certo differt sermoni, sermo merus. 'at pater ardens saevit, quod meretrice nepos insanus amica..."