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Present participle of mereō.

merēns (genitive merentis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. deserving, meriting

Occasionally in idiomatic expressions with de, such as bene de se merenti (“for acquitting himself well; well-deserving”).

Third-declension participle.

1When used purely as an adjective.

  • “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.