merens
merens, deserving, meriting
Frieze-Dennison Vergil
mereō, uī, itus, 2, a. and n.: to deserve, merit, 2.585; earn, gain, win, 11.224; deserve well, 6.664; bene merēre, to deserve well, 4.317.
mĕrens, entis, Part. and P. a. of mereo, q. v.
merēns, entis, s. mereo.
mĕrēns, (12) tis, part. prés. de mereo ou mereor ; ¶ 1 qui mérite, digne : increpare merentes Sall. J. 100, 3, blâmer ceux qui le méritent ¶ 2 qui rend service : bene merens alicui Pl. Men. 693, qui rend de bons services à qqn ; de republica Cic. d. Non. 344, 19, qui mérite bien de lʼÉtat || bene merens Pl. Capt. 935 ; Most. 232, bienfaiteur.
➳ merentissimus CIL 3, 3544, etc.
merēns entis, adj.
- P. of mereo, deserving, meriting: optime merentes socios deserere, Cs.: laudare et increpare merentīs, S.: rite merenti Venit laurea, O.—As substm.: sumpsisse merentis poenas, i. e. punished the guilty one, V.: Dignus pro laude merentis, of my benefactor, H.