merear
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;
sg. pres. pass. subj. 1st - 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;
sg. pres. subj. 1st
Examples
Liber Octavus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...dominos decepta sequor consultaque vestra fas audire mihi. merear, fidissime coniunx, nil equidem, miserere tamen promissaque serva usque..."
Liber Secundus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...risisti; moneo, regnorum gaudia temet dedoceas patiensque fugae mereare reuerti.' dixerat. ast illi tacito sub pectore dudum ignea..."Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...culpa nepotibus obstat. tu modo dissimilis rebus mereare secundis excusare tuos. sed iam temone supino languet Hyperboreae glacialis..."Liber I
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...sunt quae in commune expostulantur: privatam gratiam statim mereare, statim recipias.' commotis per haec mentibus et inter..."