emerite
Dictionary entries
- Entry →emeritus, emerita, emeritum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
past service, worn/burnt out, unfit; veteran; that has finished work; deserving;
voc. sg. (m.) - Entry →emereo, emerere, emerui, emeritus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
earn, obtain by service, merit, deserve; emerge; complete/serve out one's time;
voc. sg. perf. pass. part. - Entry →emereor, emereri, emeritus sum:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
earn, obtain by service, merit, deserve; emerge; complete/serve out one's time;
voc. sg. perf. part. - Entry →emeritus, emeriti:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
discharged veteran, soldier who has completed his service, exempt; retired man;
voc. sg.
Examples
Mostellaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...dixit> mihi, 1026c de te aedis ille aedis emerit? 1026d * * * 1026e SI. Te velle uxorem aiebat tuo nato..."Captivi
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...eximat vinculis, aut solutos sinat, quos argento emerit. TYND. Quid a nobis metuit? scimus nos nostrum officium quod..."Satura IV
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...uectetur in umbra, iugera quot uicina foro, quas emerit aedes [nemo malus felix, minime corruptor et idem] incestus..."Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...omnia me fallunt nisi istum mullum aut Apicius emerit aut P. Octavius'. Ultra spem illi coniectura processit: liciti..."Liber I
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...praediolum istud, quod commendatur his dotibus, tam salubriter emerit ut paenitentiae locum non relinquat. Vale..."
