merendos
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;
acc. pl. fut. pass. part. - 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;
acc. pl. fut. part.
Examples
Hercules [Oetaeus]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...poscit Iolen. sed iecur fors horridum flectam merendo: merita uicerunt malos. non ante coniunx induat uestes iube quam..."Aeneid VI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...excoluere per artis quique sui memores aliquos fecere merendo: omnibus his nivea cinguntur tempora vitta. quos circumfusos..."Liber XLII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...male meriti clementiam populi Romani experti essent, bene merendo liberalitatem experirentur. Boeotis exprobratum, societatem eos cum Perseo iunxisse..."