merentibus
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. pl. pres. act. part.dat. pl. 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. pl. (all)dat. pl. (all)
Examples
Liber X
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...invenit: in tanta iudiciorum diversitate referendam bene merentibus gratiam omnes tibi uno, quod aiunt, ore adfirmabunt..."Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...debeas dare, supersint. LXII. Omnium quidem beneficiorum, quae merentibus tribuuntur, non ad ipsos gaudium magis, quam ad similes..."
