commereo
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
- (deponent form) commereor
Etymology edit
From con- + mereō (“earn, merit, deserve”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /komˈme.re.oː/, [kɔmˈmɛreoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /komˈme.re.o/, [komˈmɛːreo]
Verb edit
commereō (present infinitive commerēre, perfect active commeruī, supine commeritum); second conjugation
- to merit or deserve (fully)
- (with culpam) to err in, commit an offence or crime, perpetrate; to be guilty of
Conjugation edit
Related terms edit
References edit
- “commereo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “commereo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- commereo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.