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mereo

mereo

Latin

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Verb

mereō ‎(present infinitive merēre, perfect active meruī, supine meritum); second conjugation

  1. I earn, deserve, merit, obtain
  2. I earn a living

Inflection

   Conjugation of mereo (second conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present mereō merēs meret merēmus merētis merent
imperfect merēbam merēbās merēbat merēbāmus merēbātis merēbant
future merēbō merēbis merēbit merēbimus merēbitis merēbunt
perfect meruī meruistī meruit meruimus meruistis meruērunt, meruēre
pluperfect merueram meruerās meruerat meruerāmus meruerātis meruerant
future perfect meruerō merueris meruerit meruerimus merueritis meruerint
passive present mereor merēris, merēre merētur merēmur merēminī merentur
imperfect merēbar merēbāris, merēbāre merēbātur merēbāmur merēbāminī merēbantur
future merēbor merēberis, merēbere merēbitur merēbimur merēbiminī merēbuntur
perfect meritus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect meritus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect meritus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present meream mereās mereat mereāmus mereātis mereant
imperfect merērem merērēs merēret merērēmus merērētis merērent
perfect meruerim meruerīs meruerit meruerīmus meruerītis meruerint
pluperfect meruissem meruissēs meruisset meruissēmus meruissētis meruissent
passive present merear mereāris, mereāre mereātur mereāmur mereāminī mereantur
imperfect merērer merērēris, merērēre merērētur merērēmur merērēminī merērentur
perfect meritus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect meritus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — merē — — merēte —
future — merētō merētō — merētōte merentō
passive present — merēre — — merēminī —
future — merētor merētor — — merentor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives merēre meruisse meritūrus esse merērī meritus esse meritum īrī
participles merēns — meritūrus — meritus merendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
merēre merendī merendō merendum meritum meritū

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References

  • mereo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • mereo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Félix Gaffiot (1934), “mereo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
  • Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to merit thanks; to do a thankworthy action: gratiam mereri
    • to deserve well at some one's hands; to do a service to..: bene, praeclare (melius, optime) mereri de aliquo
    • to deserve ill of a person; to treat badly: male mereri de aliquo
    • (ambiguous) to serve in the cavalry, infantry: equo, pedibus merere (Liv. 27. 11)
    • (ambiguous) to serve: stipendia facere, merere

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer- ‎(“to assign, allot”). See also Latin merx, Ancient Greek μείρομαι ‎(meíromai, “to receive as one's portion or due”) and Hittite mark ‎(“to divide a sacrifice”).

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