merente
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;
abl. sg. pres. act. part. - Entry →merens, merentis (gen.), merentior -or -us, merentissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
merit-worthy; well-deserving;
abl. sg. (all)
Examples
Liber X
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...uenalesque manus; ibi fas ubi proxima merces:aere merent paruo, iugulumque in Caesaris irenon sibi dant..."Liber II
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...telum, quod saepe nocentes praeterit exanimatque indignos inque merentes? Multaque post mundi tempus genitale diemque primigenum maris..."Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE BENEFICIIS
"...eorum doce, per quae beneficentior gratiorque aduersus bene merentes fiam, per quae obligantium obligatorumque animi certent..."
Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...cono Ledaeus apex. non hi tibi solum, Amphiarae, merent: auget resupina maniplos Elis, depressae populus subit incola Pisae..."Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...inminet Argis, dum morior, dispelle globum." sors aequa merentes respicit. ardentem tenuit reuerentia caedis Letoiden, tristemque uiro summissus..."Amores III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...facit ad mores tam bona forma malos. facta merent odium, facies exorat amorem — me miserum, vitiis plus valet..."