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
- L
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..." - G
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..."
