meritos
Dictionary entries
- Entry →meritus, merita, meritum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
deserved, due;
acc. pl. (m.) - 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;
acc. pl. perf. pass. part. - 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;
acc. pl. perf. part.
Examples
Res Gestae II
Caesar Augustus from Res Gestae Divi Augusti
"...populique Rom]ani [a]rbitrium transtuli. Quo pro merito meo senatu[s consulto Au]gust[us appe]llatus..."Aeneid III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...classem Cretaeis sistet in oris.' sic fatus meritos aris mactavit honores, taurum Neptuno, taurum tibi, pulcher Apollo, nigram..."Aeneid V
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...aegram, indignantem tali quod sola careret munere nec meritos Anchisae inferret honores.' haec effata. at matres primo ancipites..."Aeneid XI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...fugacibus istis semper erit? pulsus ego? aut quisquam merito, foedissime, pulsum arguet, Iliaco tumidum qui crescere Thybrim sanguine..."Liber II
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...inceptumque una decurre laborem, o decus, o famae merito pars maxima nostrae, Maecenas, pelagoque uolans da uela patenti..."Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...bono sacer alarum obstitit hircus, aut si quem merito tarda podagra secat. aemulus iste tuus, qui vestrem exercet..."In Catilinam III
Marcus Tullius Cicero from Catilinarian Orations
"...praetores, quod eorum opera forti fidelique usus essem, merito ac iure laudantur. Atque etiam viro forti, collegae..."Res Gestae I
Caesar Augustus from Res Gestae Divi Augusti
"...senatus populique Romani arbitrium transtuli. Quo pro merito meo senatus consulto Augustus appellatus sum et laureis postes aedium..."