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.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.