merens
Latin
Etymology
Present participle of mereō.
Usage notes
Occasionally in idiomatic expressions with de, such as bene de se merenti (“for acquitting himself well; well-deserving”).
Inflection
Third declension.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | merēns | merēns | merentēs | merentia | |
Genitive | merentis | merentis | merentium | merentium | |
Dative | merentī | merentī | merentibus | merentibus | |
Accusative | merentem | merēns | merentēs, merentīs | merentia | |
Ablative | merente, merentī1 | merente, merentī1 | merentibus | merentibus | |
Vocative | merēns | merēns | merentēs | merentia |
1When used purely as an adjective.
Descendants
- Italian: benemerente
References
- merens in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- merens in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- merens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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