demereretur
Dictionary entries
- Entry →demereo, demerere, demeri, demeritus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
oblige, please, win the favor of; earn, merit, deserve (well of);
sg. imperf. pass. subj. 3rd - Entry →demereor, demereri, demeritus sum:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
oblige/please, win favor of; earn/merit, deserve (well of); lay under obligation
sg. imperf. subj. 3rd
Examples
Libri XVII-XVIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...Caesarem, quorumnemo alterum offendere audebat nisi ut alterum demereretur, simul provocavit. Vides tam mortem posse contemni quam exilium..."Divus Vespasianus
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...praetor infensum senatui Gaium ne quo non genere demereretur, ludos extraordinarios pro victoria eius Germanica depoposcit, poenaeque coniuratorum..."Vitellius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...Claudium uxoribus libertisque addictum ne qua non arte demereretur, pro maximo numere a Messalina petit, ut sibi pedes..."