merens

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.