merens

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Latin

Etymology

Present participle of mereō.

Participle

merēns (genitive merentis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. deserving, meriting

Usage notes

Occasionally in idiomatic expressions with de, such as bene de se merenti (“for acquitting himself well; well-deserving”).

Declension

Third-declension participle.

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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