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
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Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...amare sciant aut sic amari mereantur. hoc ego crimen expavescam? scires, quantopere gloriarer, pater, si cum amico..."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..."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..."