mereantur
Dictionary entries
- Entry →mereo, merere, merui, meritus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
earn; deserve/merit/have right; win/gain/incur; earn soldier/whore pay, serve;
pl. pres. pass. subj. 3rd - Entry →mereor, mereri, meritus sum:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
earn; deserve/merit/have right; win/gain/incur; earn soldier/whore pay, serve;
pl. pres. subj. 3rd
Examples
- M
IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...amare sciant aut sic amari mereantur. hoc ego crimen expavescam? scires, quantopere gloriarer, pater, si cum amico..." - P
Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...quod non virtutes istae tuusque in me animus mereantur, datoque tempore vel in senatu s vel in contione..." - G
Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...principibus suis exigent, ut eadem audire mereantur: et illi, quod non audiant, indignabuntur. LXXIV. Nihil magis possum proprie..."