merens
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Present participle of mereō.
Participle edit
merēns (genitive merentis); third-declension one-termination participle
Usage notes edit
Occasionally in idiomatic expressions with de, such as bene de se merenti (“for acquitting himself well; well-deserving”).
Declension edit
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 edit
- Italian: benemerente
References edit
- “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.