merens
Latin
Etymology
Present participle of mereō.
Participle
merēns m, f, n (genitive merentis); third declension
Usage note
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 | merentēs | merentia | ||
| genitive | merentis | merentium | |||
| dative | merentī | merentibus | |||
| accusative | merentem | merēns | merentēs, merentīs | merentia | |
| ablative | merente, merentī1 | merentibus | |||
| vocative | 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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