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
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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."