merentium
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;
gen. 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;
gen. pl. (all)
Examples
Liber Quintus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...principes sint! Quae memoria est in iis bene merentium, quae referendae gratiae cupiditas! Atque ea in optima quaque..."Liber VIII
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...utile principis benignitatem promptissimam ad laudem praemiaque merentium illustrari ubique et maxime iis locis, quibus incitari ad imitationem..."