absence

• In absence of the defendant

• By only one party to a dispute in the absence of the other

• Permission for a temporary absence

• In one's absence

commĕātus ( conm-), ūs, m. [id.].

A going to and fro, passing freely, going at will:

in eo conclavid ego perfodi parietem, Quā conmeatus clam esset hinc huc mulieri,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 65; cf.:

commeatum vocis exercent fauces,

Pall. 1, 3.—

Meton.

A place through which one can pass back and forth, a thoroughfare, passage (rare; cf.:

abitus, aditus, circuitus, etc.): nimis beat, quod conmeatus transtinet trans parietem,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 58:

per hortum utroque conmeatus continet,

id. Stich. 3, 1, 44; Dig. 43, 8, 2, § 25.—

A leave of absence from one ' s station for a definite time, a furlough:

commeare, ultro citro ire: unde commeatus dari dicitur, id est tempus, quo ire, redire quis posset,

Fest. p. 277, 27 Müll.:

dare commeatum totius aestatis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 25, § 62:

petere,

Vell. 2, 11, 2; Suet. Tib. 10; id. Ner. 35; id. Galb. 6; id. Claud. 23:

sumere,

Liv. 3, 46, 10:

dare,

id. 3, 46, 9; Suet. Calig. 29:

accipere,

Plin. Ep. 3, 4, 2:

in commeatu esse,

to be on furlough, Liv. 33, 29, 4:

commeatu abesse,

Suet. Tib. 72; Dig. 4, 6, 35, § 9:

in iis stativis satis liberi commeatus erant,

Liv. 1, 57, 4:

(legiones) promiscuis militum commeatibus infirmaverat,

Tac. A. 15, 10; cf. id. H. 1, 46:

cum miles ad commeatus diem non adfuit,

on the day when the furlough expired, Quint. 7, 4, 14; cf. Auct. Her. 1, 14, 24:

commeatūs spatium excedere,

Dig. 49, 16, 14:

ultra commeatum abesse,

ib. 50, 1, 2, § 6.— Transf.:

cras igitur (sc. proficiscar), nisi quid a te commeatus,

Cic. Att. 13, 41 fin. dub. (al. commeat); v. Orell. N. cr.:

longum mihi commeatum dederat mala valetudo,

rest, Sen. Ep. 54, 1:

servitus assidua... sine intervallo, sine commeatu,

id. Q. N. 3, praef. § 16.—

A train, a convoy, caravan, a company carried, a transportation, trip, passage:

Londinium copiā negotiatorum et commeatuum maxime celebre,

Tac. A. 14, 33; 13, 39; Suet. Ner. 20:

duobus commeatibus exercitum reportare instituit,

Caes. B. G. 5, 23: secundum commeatum in Africam mittit ad Caesarem, Auct. B. Afr. 34: commeatibus per municipia ac colonias dispositis, supplies of provisions, relays of horses, etc., Suet. Tib. 38:

cerneres canes... per omnem nostrum commeatum morsibus ambulare,

App. M. 8, p. 209, 18.—

Provisions, supplies (very freq., esp. in the histt., in sing. and plur.): interclude inimicis commeatum;

tibi muni viam, Quā cibatus commeatusque ad te et legiones tuas Tuto possit pervenire,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 70 sq.; cf.:

importare in coloniam,

id. Ep. 3, 2, 7:

ex omnibus provinciis commeatu et publico et privato prohibebamur,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 17, 53:

ne foro quidem et commeatu juvare populum Romanum,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 21, § 52:

commeatu nostros prohibere,

Caes. B. G. 2, 9 fin.:

neque exercitum sine magno commeatu atque molimento in unum locum contrahere posse,

id. ib. 1, 34; Quint. 8, 6, 26:

maritimi,

Liv. 5, 54, 4:

ex montibus invecti,

id. 9, 13, 10:

advecti,

id. 9, 32, 2:

convecto,

id. 2, 14, 3 al.; Suet. Calig. 43:

magni commeatus frumenti Romam subvecti,

Liv. 28, 4, 7.—

Freq. opp. frumentum, the remaining supplies of war:

ad Vesontionem rei frumentariae commeatūsque causā moratur,

Caes. B. G. 1, 39:

uti frumento commeatuque Caesarem intercluderet,

id. ib. 1, 48; 3, 6; 3, 23 fin.; cf. Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 70 supra.—

Transf.:

commeatus argentarius,

gain acquired by money transactions, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 9.

com-mĕo ( conm-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. n., to go and come, pass to and fro: remeare redire, ut commeare ultro citroque ire, unde commeatus (leave of absence;

v. commeatus, II. B.) dari dicitur, id est tempus, quo ire et redire commode quis possit,

Fest. p. 276, 5, and p. 277, 25.—Hence freq. with ultro and citro (in good prose; freq. in Cic. and the histt.; not in Quint.).

In gen.

Usu. of living beings:

pisciculi ultro ac citro commeant,

Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 16; Cic. N. D. 2, 33, 84; Liv. 25, 30, 5; Plin. 2, 38, 38, § 104; Suet. Calig. 19:

cum terra in aquam se vertit et cum ex aquā oritur aër, ex aëre aether, cumque eadem vicissim retro commeant,

Cic. N. D. 3, 12, 31; 2, 19, 49:

ut tuto ab repentino hostium incursu etiam singuli commeare possent,

Caes. B. G. 7, 36 fin.:

inter Veios Romamque,

Liv. 5, 47, 11; cf.:

commeantibus invicem nuntiis,

Tac. A. 13, 38:

quā viā omnes commeabant,

Nep. Eum. 8, 5; Plin. 10, 23, 32, § 63; Plin. Ep. 2, 7, 6. —

Transf., of inanim. and abstr. objects: alterum (genus siderum) spatiis inmutabilibus ab ortu ad occasum commeans. Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49: (fossam) latitudinis, [p. 378] quā contrariae quinqueremes commearent, pass to and fro, Suet. Ner. 31; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 18, § 46; Tac. A. 2, 28; 4, 41:

quadrigae inter se occurrentes, sine periculo commeare dicuntur,

Curt. 5, 1, 25:

spiritum a summo ore in pulmonem, atque inde sursum in os commeare,

Gell. 17, 11, 3.— Impers. commeatur, we, they, etc., go, Dig. 43, 8, 2, § 21 al.—

Rarely with cognate acc. vias, Dig. 48, 10, 27, § 2 (for Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 82, v. 1. commeto).—

With particular reference to the terminus ad quem, to go, come, travel somewhere repeatedly or frequently; to visit a place often, to frequent:

insula Delos, quo omnes undique cum mercibus commeabant,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 18, 55; cf. Caes. B. G. 1, 1; cf. Cic. Att. 8, 9, 3; Gell. 6, 10:

in urbem,

Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 100; Plaut. Truc. 3, 2, 14; Tac. A. 1, 46.—

Transf. to inanim. or abstr. things:

nam illaec catapultae ad me crebro commeant,

Plaut. Curc. 3, 28:

cujus in hortos, domum, Baias jure suo libidines omnium commearent,

Cic. Cael. 16, 38:

crebro illius litterae ab aliis ad nos commeant,

id. Att. 8, 9, 3; cf. Tac. A. 4, 41.

commĕātus ( conm-), ūs, m. [id.].

A going to and fro, passing freely, going at will:

in eo conclavid ego perfodi parietem, Quā conmeatus clam esset hinc huc mulieri,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 65; cf.:

commeatum vocis exercent fauces,

Pall. 1, 3.—

Meton.

A place through which one can pass back and forth, a thoroughfare, passage (rare; cf.:

abitus, aditus, circuitus, etc.): nimis beat, quod conmeatus transtinet trans parietem,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 58:

per hortum utroque conmeatus continet,

id. Stich. 3, 1, 44; Dig. 43, 8, 2, § 25.—

A leave of absence from one ' s station for a definite time, a furlough:

commeare, ultro citro ire: unde commeatus dari dicitur, id est tempus, quo ire, redire quis posset,

Fest. p. 277, 27 Müll.:

dare commeatum totius aestatis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 25, § 62:

petere,

Vell. 2, 11, 2; Suet. Tib. 10; id. Ner. 35; id. Galb. 6; id. Claud. 23:

sumere,

Liv. 3, 46, 10:

dare,

id. 3, 46, 9; Suet. Calig. 29:

accipere,

Plin. Ep. 3, 4, 2:

in commeatu esse,

to be on furlough, Liv. 33, 29, 4:

commeatu abesse,

Suet. Tib. 72; Dig. 4, 6, 35, § 9:

in iis stativis satis liberi commeatus erant,

Liv. 1, 57, 4:

(legiones) promiscuis militum commeatibus infirmaverat,

Tac. A. 15, 10; cf. id. H. 1, 46:

cum miles ad commeatus diem non adfuit,

on the day when the furlough expired, Quint. 7, 4, 14; cf. Auct. Her. 1, 14, 24:

commeatūs spatium excedere,

Dig. 49, 16, 14:

ultra commeatum abesse,

ib. 50, 1, 2, § 6.— Transf.:

cras igitur (sc. proficiscar), nisi quid a te commeatus,

Cic. Att. 13, 41 fin. dub. (al. commeat); v. Orell. N. cr.:

longum mihi commeatum dederat mala valetudo,

rest, Sen. Ep. 54, 1:

servitus assidua... sine intervallo, sine commeatu,

id. Q. N. 3, praef. § 16.—

A train, a convoy, caravan, a company carried, a transportation, trip, passage:

Londinium copiā negotiatorum et commeatuum maxime celebre,

Tac. A. 14, 33; 13, 39; Suet. Ner. 20:

duobus commeatibus exercitum reportare instituit,

Caes. B. G. 5, 23: secundum commeatum in Africam mittit ad Caesarem, Auct. B. Afr. 34: commeatibus per municipia ac colonias dispositis, supplies of provisions, relays of horses, etc., Suet. Tib. 38:

cerneres canes... per omnem nostrum commeatum morsibus ambulare,

App. M. 8, p. 209, 18.—

Provisions, supplies (very freq., esp. in the histt., in sing. and plur.): interclude inimicis commeatum;

tibi muni viam, Quā cibatus commeatusque ad te et legiones tuas Tuto possit pervenire,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 70 sq.; cf.:

importare in coloniam,

id. Ep. 3, 2, 7:

ex omnibus provinciis commeatu et publico et privato prohibebamur,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 17, 53:

ne foro quidem et commeatu juvare populum Romanum,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 21, § 52:

commeatu nostros prohibere,

Caes. B. G. 2, 9 fin.:

neque exercitum sine magno commeatu atque molimento in unum locum contrahere posse,

id. ib. 1, 34; Quint. 8, 6, 26:

maritimi,

Liv. 5, 54, 4:

ex montibus invecti,

id. 9, 13, 10:

advecti,

id. 9, 32, 2:

convecto,

id. 2, 14, 3 al.; Suet. Calig. 43:

magni commeatus frumenti Romam subvecti,

Liv. 28, 4, 7.—

Freq. opp. frumentum, the remaining supplies of war:

ad Vesontionem rei frumentariae commeatūsque causā moratur,

Caes. B. G. 1, 39:

uti frumento commeatuque Caesarem intercluderet,

id. ib. 1, 48; 3, 6; 3, 23 fin.; cf. Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 70 supra.—

Transf.:

commeatus argentarius,

gain acquired by money transactions, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 9.

com-mĕo ( conm-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. n., to go and come, pass to and fro: remeare redire, ut commeare ultro citroque ire, unde commeatus (leave of absence;

v. commeatus, II. B.) dari dicitur, id est tempus, quo ire et redire commode quis possit,

Fest. p. 276, 5, and p. 277, 25.—Hence freq. with ultro and citro (in good prose; freq. in Cic. and the histt.; not in Quint.).

In gen.

Usu. of living beings:

pisciculi ultro ac citro commeant,

Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 16; Cic. N. D. 2, 33, 84; Liv. 25, 30, 5; Plin. 2, 38, 38, § 104; Suet. Calig. 19:

cum terra in aquam se vertit et cum ex aquā oritur aër, ex aëre aether, cumque eadem vicissim retro commeant,

Cic. N. D. 3, 12, 31; 2, 19, 49:

ut tuto ab repentino hostium incursu etiam singuli commeare possent,

Caes. B. G. 7, 36 fin.:

inter Veios Romamque,

Liv. 5, 47, 11; cf.:

commeantibus invicem nuntiis,

Tac. A. 13, 38:

quā viā omnes commeabant,

Nep. Eum. 8, 5; Plin. 10, 23, 32, § 63; Plin. Ep. 2, 7, 6. —

Transf., of inanim. and abstr. objects: alterum (genus siderum) spatiis inmutabilibus ab ortu ad occasum commeans. Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49: (fossam) latitudinis, [p. 378] quā contrariae quinqueremes commearent, pass to and fro, Suet. Ner. 31; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 18, § 46; Tac. A. 2, 28; 4, 41:

quadrigae inter se occurrentes, sine periculo commeare dicuntur,

Curt. 5, 1, 25:

spiritum a summo ore in pulmonem, atque inde sursum in os commeare,

Gell. 17, 11, 3.— Impers. commeatur, we, they, etc., go, Dig. 43, 8, 2, § 21 al.—

Rarely with cognate acc. vias, Dig. 48, 10, 27, § 2 (for Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 82, v. 1. commeto).—

With particular reference to the terminus ad quem, to go, come, travel somewhere repeatedly or frequently; to visit a place often, to frequent:

insula Delos, quo omnes undique cum mercibus commeabant,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 18, 55; cf. Caes. B. G. 1, 1; cf. Cic. Att. 8, 9, 3; Gell. 6, 10:

in urbem,

Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 100; Plaut. Truc. 3, 2, 14; Tac. A. 1, 46.—

Transf. to inanim. or abstr. things:

nam illaec catapultae ad me crebro commeant,

Plaut. Curc. 3, 28:

cujus in hortos, domum, Baias jure suo libidines omnium commearent,

Cic. Cael. 16, 38:

crebro illius litterae ab aliis ad nos commeant,

id. Att. 8, 9, 3; cf. Tac. A. 4, 41.

dēsīdĕrĭum, ii, n. [desidero], a longing, ardent desire or wish, properly for something once possessed; grief, regret for the absence or loss of any thing (for syn. cf.: optio, optatio, cupido, cupiditas, studium, appetitio, voluntas—freq. and class.).

Prop.

With gen. object.:

te desiderium Athenarum cepisset,

Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 13; cf.:

me desiderium tenet urbis,

Cic. Fam. 2, 11; Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 22;

and, locorum,

Ov. Tr. 3, 2, 21:

rerum earum,

Lucr. 3, 901; cf. id. 3, 922; 918:

esse in desiderio alicujus,

Cic. Fam. 2, 12 fin.:

desiderium conjunctissimi viri ferre,

id. Lael. 27, 104:

Scipionis desiderio moveri,

id. ib. 3, 10:

tam cari capitis,

Hor. Od. 1, 24, 1:

defuncti,

Suet. Calig. 6 et saep.:

desiderio id fieri tuo (for tui),

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 66; cf.:

voluntas, in qua inest aliqua vis desiderii ad sanandum volnus injuriae,

Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 14.—

Absol.: pectora dura tenet desiderium, Enn. ap. Cic. Rep. 1, 41:

alicui esse magno desiderio,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 5, 5:

explere exspectationem diuturni desiderii,

Cic. de Or. 1, 47, 205:

quo (desiderio) conficior,

id. Or. 10:

ex desiderio laborare,

id. Fam. 6, 11:

facere aliquid cum desiderio,

id. Lael. 21, 81:

demus hoc desiderio jam pene publico,

Quint. 8, 4, 29 et saep. In plur.: desideria alicujus commovere, Cic. Rab. perd. 9, 24; Hor. Od. 4, 5, 15 et saep.

Trop., of a person, as the object of longing:

nunc desiderium, curaque non levis,

Hor. Od. 1, 14, 18: desiderio meo nitenti, Catull. 2, 5;

and as a term of endearment: mea lux, meum desiderium... valete, mea desideria, valete,

Cic. Fam. 14, 2, 2 fin.; Catull. 2, 5.—

Transf.

Want, need, necessity, [p. 557] in general (rare;

not ante-Aug.): cibi potionisque desiderium naturale,

Liv. 21, 4 et saep.:

pro desiderio corporum,

Plin. 11, 50, 111, § 264:

desideria scabendi,

id. 30, 14, 43, § 127 al. —

In the time of the empire, a request, petition on the part of inferiors:

desideria militum ad Caesarem ferenda,

Tac. A. 1, 19; 1, 26; Suet. Aug. 17; Plin. Pan. 79, 6; Dig. 1, 16, 9; 25, 3, 5.—

Desires, pleasures (late Lat.):

servientibus desideriis et voluptatibus,

Vulg. Tit. 3, 3:

carnis,

id. Ephes. 2, 3.

dūrĭtĭa, ae (also rarely dūrĭtĭes, Cels. 3, 24; 6, 18, 6 al.; acc.: duritiem, * Lucr. 4. 268; Cat. 66, 50; Ov. M. 1, 401; 4, 751; id. H. 4, 85 Jahn. N. cr.; abl.:

duritie,

Plin. Pan. 82, 6; Suet. Ner. 34), f. [durus], hardness.

Lit.

In gen.:

saxi,

Lucr. 4, 269; cf. Ov. M. 1, 401;

and 4, 751: ferri,

Cat. 66, 50:

adamantina,

Plin. 37, 11, 73, § 189:

lactis coacti,

id. 23, 7, 64, § 126:

pellis,

Ov. M. 3, 64 sq. et saep.—

Esp., in medic. lang., induration:

praecordiorum,

Cels. 3, 24:

alvi,

Suet. Ner. 34:

vulvarum,

Plin. 28, 19, 77, § 250 al. —In the plur., Plin. 23, 4, 40, § 82 sq.; 28, 15, 60, § 212; 25, 5, 22, § 55; 28, 17, 70, § 234 al.—

Of wine, hardness, harsh flavor, opp. suavitas, Plin. 14, 7, 9, § 74.—

Trop.

(Acc. to durus, II. A.) A severe mode of life, rigor, austerity: in parsimonia atque in duritia atque industria omnem adolescentiam meam abstinui, agro colendo, etc., Cato ap. Fest. S. V. REPASTINARI, p. 281, 23 Müll.; Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 75; id. Truc. 2, 2, 56; * Caes. B. G. 6, 21, 3; Cic. Tusc. 5, 26, 74; id. Part. 23, 81; Sall. J. 100, 5; Tac. A. 6, 34; Plin. Pan. 82, 6 al.; cf.

transf.: qui patientiam et duritiam in Socratico sermone maxime adamārat,

Cic. de Or. 3, 17. —

Absence of feeling, insensibility:

eam animi duritiam, sicut corporis, quod cum uritur non sentit, etc.,

Cic. Dom. 36, 97; cf. id. ib. 38, 101:

duritiā ferrum ut superes adamantaque,

Ov. H. 2, 137;

so in eccl. Lat. freq. cordis,

Vulg. Matt. 19, 8; and duritia alone:

populi,

id. Deut. 9, 27.—

(Acc. to durus, II.) Harshness, strictness, rigor: tua duritia antiqua, * Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 26; Prop. 3, 12, 20 (4, 11, 20 M.).— Poet.:

duritiae mihi non agerere reus,

Ov. Tr. 1, 8, 46; cf.:

oris, qui depudere didicerat,

Sen. Const. Sap. 17.—

(Acc. to durus, II. B.) Hardness, oppressiveness, severity:

duritia lenitasve multarum (legum),

Suet. Claud. 14; so,

imperii,

Tac. H. 1, 23:

operum,

id. A. 1, 35; cf.:

caeli militiaeque,

id. ib. 13, 35.

ē-mănĕo, nsi, 2, v. n.

To stay without, remain beyond, Stat. Th. 7, 650.—

Milit. t. t., to stay away beyond one's leave of absence, to exceed one's furlough, Dig. 49, 16, 3, § 4.

immĕrĭtus ( inm-), a, um, adj. [inmeritus], undeserved (in the adj. mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Act., that has not deserved something, undeserving, guiltless, innocent:

delicta majorum immeritus lues, Romane,

Hor. C. 3, 6, 1;

so of persons,

id. ib. 1, 28, 30; Ov. Tr. 2, 274; Quint. 6 praef. § 4; cf.

gens,

Verg. A. 3, 2:

urbes,

Ov. M. 12, 550:

agni,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 211:

locus,

id. Ep. 1, 14, 12:

paries,

id. S. 2, 3, 7:

vestis,

id. C. 1, 17, 28:

arbor,

Prop. 4 (5), 3, 19:

ungues,

id. 2, 4, 3 (13).—With inf.:

virtus recludens immeritis mori Caelum,

Hor. C. 3, 2, 21.— Subst.: inmĕrĭ-tum, i, n., the absence of guilt or desert:

cur tu, obsecro, immerito meo me morti dedere optas?

for no fault of mine, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 18; id. Men. 2, 3, 25.—

Pass., that is not deserved, undeserved, unmerited (much less freq.):

laudibus haud immeritis onerare aliquem,

Liv. 4, 13 fin.:

credulus immerita Phasida juvit ope,

Ov. F. 2, 42:

opes,

Mart. 7, 32, 6:

querelae,

Val. Fl. 8, 158.—Hence, adv.: immĕrĭto ( inm-), undeservedly, unjustly, without cause (esp. freq. with a negative):

jam dudum te omnes nos accusare audio Immerito, et me omnium horunc immeritissimo,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 60: si praeter opinionem, si immerito, si misera, si ingrata, etc., * Cic. de Or. 2, 79, 322:

haud equidem immerito Cumanae carmine vatis Cautum,

Luc. 8, 824:

ut eos non immerito probaverit sanctissimus censor,

with perfect justice, justly, Quint. 4 praef. § 3; so,

non immerito,

id. 8, 6, 62; 9, 1, 12; 9, 4, 35; 10, 1, 116; Suet. Caes. 55; id. Calig. 10; 51; id. Ner. 13:

neque immerito,

Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 8; Quint. 7 praef. § 2; 7, 7, 1; 10, 1, 27; 11, 2, 1;

12, 10, 75: nec immerito,

id. 2, 8, 1; Sen. Ep. 11 fin.

in-dŏlōrĭa, ae, f. [2. in-dolor], i. q. indolentia (late Lat.; cf. Madv. ad Cic. Fin. 2, 4, 11), absence of pain, Sid. Ep. 14.

indŏlōria, v. indolorius.

immĕrĭtus ( inm-), a, um, adj. [inmeritus], undeserved (in the adj. mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Act., that has not deserved something, undeserving, guiltless, innocent:

delicta majorum immeritus lues, Romane,

Hor. C. 3, 6, 1;

so of persons,

id. ib. 1, 28, 30; Ov. Tr. 2, 274; Quint. 6 praef. § 4; cf.

gens,

Verg. A. 3, 2:

urbes,

Ov. M. 12, 550:

agni,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 211:

locus,

id. Ep. 1, 14, 12:

paries,

id. S. 2, 3, 7:

vestis,

id. C. 1, 17, 28:

arbor,

Prop. 4 (5), 3, 19:

ungues,

id. 2, 4, 3 (13).—With inf.:

virtus recludens immeritis mori Caelum,

Hor. C. 3, 2, 21.— Subst.: inmĕrĭ-tum, i, n., the absence of guilt or desert:

cur tu, obsecro, immerito meo me morti dedere optas?

for no fault of mine, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 18; id. Men. 2, 3, 25.—

Pass., that is not deserved, undeserved, unmerited (much less freq.):

laudibus haud immeritis onerare aliquem,

Liv. 4, 13 fin.:

credulus immerita Phasida juvit ope,

Ov. F. 2, 42:

opes,

Mart. 7, 32, 6:

querelae,

Val. Fl. 8, 158.—Hence, adv.: immĕrĭto ( inm-), undeservedly, unjustly, without cause (esp. freq. with a negative):

jam dudum te omnes nos accusare audio Immerito, et me omnium horunc immeritissimo,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 60: si praeter opinionem, si immerito, si misera, si ingrata, etc., * Cic. de Or. 2, 79, 322:

haud equidem immerito Cumanae carmine vatis Cautum,

Luc. 8, 824:

ut eos non immerito probaverit sanctissimus censor,

with perfect justice, justly, Quint. 4 praef. § 3; so,

non immerito,

id. 8, 6, 62; 9, 1, 12; 9, 4, 35; 10, 1, 116; Suet. Caes. 55; id. Calig. 10; 51; id. Ner. 13:

neque immerito,

Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 8; Quint. 7 praef. § 2; 7, 7, 1; 10, 1, 27; 11, 2, 1;

12, 10, 75: nec immerito,

id. 2, 8, 1; Sen. Ep. 11 fin.