mereretur
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;
sg. imperf. pass. subj. 3rd - 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;
sg. imperf. subj. 3rd
Examples
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Liber VI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...altae mentis ostenderit: qualis amorem quicumque alienus infans mereretur. VIII. Illud vero insidiantis quo me validius cruciaret fortunae..." - P
Liber XIV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...acerrime increpito Antistio, non quicquid nocens reus pati mereretur, id egregio sub principe et nulla necessitate obstricto senatui..." - P
Liber XII
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...Zorsini victo nihil ereptum. pro Mithridate, quando gravius mereretur, non potentiam neque regnum precari, sed ne triumpharetur neve..." - P
Liber I
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...ageret. habitune et incessu an illo muliebri ornatu mereretur imperium? falluntur quibus luxuria specie liberalitatis imponit: perdere iste..." - G
Liber VIII
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...illa reverentiam marito suo praestitit, cum ipsa summam mereretur! quot quantasque virtutes, ex diversis aetatibus sumptas, collegit..."