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  • 1 dignitas

    merit, worth, prestige, dignity.

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  • 2 mereo

    mĕrĕo, ŭi, ĭtum, 2, v. a., and mĕrĕor, ĭtus, 2, v. dep. [cf. Gr. meros, meiromai, moros, etc.; hence, to receive one's share; cf. II. below], to deserve, merit, to be entitled to, be worthy of a thing; constr. with acc., with ut, with ne, with inf., and absol.
    I.
    In gen.
    (α).
    With acc.:

    mereri praemia,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 34:

    laudem,

    id. ib. 1, 40, 5; Cic. Div. in Caecil. 18, 60:

    nec minimum decus,

    Hor. A. P. 286:

    amorem,

    Quint. 6 prooem.:

    favorem aut odium,

    id. 4, 1, 44:

    gratiam nullam,

    Liv. 45, 24, 7; Quint. 4, 9, 32:

    fidem,

    Vell. 2, 104 fin.:

    summum honorem,

    Juv. 6, 532:

    supplicium,

    id. 6, 219.—
    (β).
    With ut:

    respondit, sese meruisse, ut decoraretur,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 54, 232.—
    (γ).
    With ne:

    mereri, ne quis,

    Plin. 35, 2, 2, § 8.—
    (δ).
    With inf.:

    quae merui vitio perdere cuncta meo,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 11, 16:

    credi,

    Quint. 10, 1, 72:

    sanctus haberi,

    Juv. 8, 25.—
    (ε).
    Absol.:

    dignitatem meam, si mereor, tuearis,

    if I deserve it, Cic. Fam. 10, 17, 3.—In a bad sense:

    meruisse supplicium,

    Ov. M. 5, 666.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    To earn, gain, get, obtain, acquire:

    quid meres? quantillo argenti te conduxit Pseudulus?

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 95: iste, qui meret HS. vicenos, Varr. ap. Non. 4, 296: non amplius duodecim aeris, Cic. [p. 1136] Rosc. Com. 10, 28:

    ne minus gratiae praecipiendo recta quam offensae reprendendo prava mereamur,

    Quint. 4, 2, 39:

    nomen patronorum,

    id. 6, 4, 5:

    indulgentiam, principis ingenio,

    Tac. Dial. 9 fin.:

    nomen gloriamque merere,

    id. H. 2, 37:

    famam,

    id. ib. 2, 31; id. A. 15, 6:

    ancillā natus diadema Quirini meruit,

    Juv. 8, 260:

    odium,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 5, 3:

    quantum quisque uno die mereret,

    Suet. Calig. 40 fin.:

    aera,

    Hor. A. P. 345. —With ut (rare): quem ego ut non excruciem, alterum tantum auri non meream, would not give up torturing him for, etc., Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 65: neque ille sibi mereat Persarum montes... ut istuc faciat, would not do it for, etc., id. Stich. 1, 1, 24.—
    B.
    To get by purchase, to buy, purchase:

    uxores, quae vos dote meruerunt,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 124:

    quid arbitramini Rheginos merere velle, ut ab eis marmorea Venus illa auferatur?

    what do you think they would take? for what price would they let it be carried away? Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 60, § 135:

    gloriam,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 13:

    legatum a creditore,

    Dig. 35, 2, 21:

    noxam,

    Petr. 139:

    quid Minyae meruere queri?

    to have reason, cause, Val. Fl. 1, 519.—
    C.
    In milit. lang., mereri and merere stipendia, or simply merere (lit., to earn pay), to serve for pay, to serve as a soldier, serve in the army:

    mereri stipendia,

    Cic. Cael. 5, 11:

    meruit stipendia in eo bello,

    id. Mur. 5, 12:

    adulescens patre suo imperatore meruit,

    id. ib.:

    complures annos,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 17:

    triennio sub Hannibale,

    Liv. 21, 4 fin.:

    Romanis in castris,

    Tac. A. 2, 10:

    in Thracia,

    Suet. Vesp. 2:

    merere equo,

    to serve on horseback, in the cavalry, Cic. Phil. 1, 8, 20:

    merere pedibus,

    to serve on foot, in the infantry, Liv. 24, 18: mereri aere (al. equo) publico, Varr. ap. Non. 345, 2.—
    D.
    Mereri (ante-class., merere) de aliquo, or de aliquā re, to deserve or merit any thing of one, to behave in any manner towards one, in a good or bad sense (in Plaut. also with erga):

    te ego, ut digna es, perdam, atque ut de me meres,

    Plaut. As. 1, 2, 22:

    ut erga me est merita,

    id. Am. 5, 1, 49:

    nam de te neque re neque verbis merui, ut faceres quod facis,

    id. Aul. 2, 2, 45: saepe (erga me;

    sc. illam) meritam quod vellem scio,

    that she has often treated me as I desired, Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 37.—Esp.: bene, male, optime, etc., mereri, to deserve well, ill, etc.:

    de mendico male meretur, qui ei dat, etc.,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 58:

    de re publicā bene mereri,

    Cic. Fam. 10, 5, 2:

    de populi Romani nomine,

    id. Brut. 73, 254:

    melius de quibusdam acerbos inimicos mereri, quam eos amicos, qui dulces videantur,

    id. Lael. 24, 90:

    de re publica meruisse optime,

    id. Att. 10, 4, 5:

    perniciosius de re publicā merentur vitiosi principes,

    id. Leg. 3, 14, 32:

    stet haec urbs praeclara, quoquo modo merita de me erit,

    id. Mil. 34, 93:

    Paulus, qui nihil meruit,

    i. e. was innocent, Lact. 2, 16, 17:

    ita se omni tempore de populo Romano meritos esse, ut,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 11:

    Caesarem imperatorem bene de republicā meritum,

    deserving well, id. B. C. 1, 13:

    optime cum de se meritum judicabat,

    id. ib. 3, 99:

    milites mirifice de re publicā meriti,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 12, 3:

    homines de me divinitus meriti,

    id. Red. in Sen. 12, 30; cf.:

    te ego ut digna's perdam atque ut de me meres,

    Plaut. As. 1, 2, 22.— Hence,
    1.
    mĕrens, entis, P. a., that deserves or merits any thing; in a good sense, deserving; in a bad sense, guilty; that has rendered himself deserving towards any one or of any thing; with de, rarely with dat.; esp. with bene, well-deserving (mostly poet. and post-class.):

    consul laudare, increpare merentes,

    Sall. J. 100:

    laurea decreta merenti,

    Ov. P. 2, 2, 91: quem periisse, ita de re publicā merentem, doleo, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 344, 23; so Inscr. Grut. 933, 5.— With dat.:

    quando tu me bene merentem tibi habes despicatui,

    Plaut. Men. 4, 3, 19.— In sup.: HOMINI BENE MERENTISSIMO, Inscr. Rein. cl. 16, 8; Inscr. Grut. 932, 7; ib. 1129, 3.—
    2.
    mĕrĭtus, a, um, P. a.
    a.
    Deserving:

    meriti juvenci,

    Verg. G. 2, 515.— Sup.: filiae meritissimae, Inscr. Rein. cl. 5, 35. —
    b.
    Pass., deserved, due, fit, just, proper, right:

    ignarus, laus an poena merita esset,

    Liv. 8, 7:

    triumphus,

    id. 39, 4, 6:

    iracundiam, neque eam injustam, sed meritam ac debitam fuisse,

    just, Cic. de Or. 2, 50, 203:

    mors,

    Verg. A 4, 696: noxia, committed, perpetrated, Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 1: meritis de causis, for merited, i. e. just reasons, Dig. 48, 20.— Sup.:

    famā optimā et meritissimā frui,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 15.—Hence,
    3.
    mĕrĭtum, i, n.
    a.
    That which one deserves, desert; in a good sense, reward, recompense; in a bad sense, punishment (only ante- and postclass.):

    nihil suave meritum est,

    Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 75:

    specta denique, quale caelesti providentia meritum reportaverit,

    reward, punishment, App. M. 8, p. 214:

    delictorum,

    Tert. Apol. 21.—
    b.
    That by which one deserves any thing of another, a merit; esp. in a good sense, a service, kindness, benefit, favor (class.):

    propter eorum (militum) divinum atque immortale meritum,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 6, 14:

    pro singulari eorum merito,

    id. Cat. 3, 6, 15:

    magnitudo tuorum erga me meritorum,

    id. Fam. 1, 1, 1:

    et hercule merito tuo feci,

    according to your merits, as you deserved, id. Att. 5, 11, 6:

    pro ingentibus meritis praemia acceperant,

    Tac. A. 14, 53:

    recordatio ingentium meritorum,

    Liv. 39, 49, 11; Curt. 8, 3, 14; Suet. Ner. 3; Sen. Ben. 3, 8, 2.—In Plaut. also in the sup.:

    meritissimo ejus, quae volet faciemus,

    on account of his great merit, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 147:

    merita dare et recipere,

    Cic. Lael. 8, 26:

    magna ejus sunt in me non dico officia, sed merita,

    id. Fam. 11, 17, 1.—Also demerit, blame, fault:

    Caesar, qui a me nullo meo merito alienus esse debebat,

    without any fault of mine, id. Sest. 17, 39:

    nullo meo in se merito,

    although I am guilty of no offence against him, Liv. 40, 15:

    leniter, ex merito quicquid patiare, ferendum est,

    Ov. H. 5, 7:

    ex cujusque merito scio me fecisse,

    Liv. 26, 31, 9:

    quosdam punivit, alios praemiis adfecit, neutrum ex merito,

    Tac. H. 4, 50; cf.:

    quod ob meritum nostrum succensuistis?

    Liv. 25, 6, 4.—
    B.
    Transf., worth, value, importance of a thing ( poet. and post-class.):

    quo sit merito quaeque notata dies,

    Ov. F. 1, 7:

    negotiorum,

    Cod. Just. 8, 5, 2: aedificia majoris meriti, of greater value, Cod. Th. 15, 1, 30:

    loci,

    Mart. 8, 65, 7:

    primi saporis mella thymi sucus effundit, secundi meriti thymbra, tertii meriti rosmarinus,

    Pall. 1, 37, 3.—
    4.
    mĕrĭtō, adv., according to desert, deservedly, justly, often connected with jure (class.):

    quamquam merito sum iratus Metello,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 68, § 158:

    merito ac jure laudantur,

    id. Cat. 3, 6, 14; cf.:

    te ipse jure optimo, merito incuses, licet,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 23:

    recte ac merito commovebamur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 67, § 172:

    merito jam suspectus,

    Juv. 3, 221; 10, 208. — Sup.: meritissimo te magni facio, Turp. ap. Non. 139, 17; Caecil. ib. 18:

    me deridere meritissumo,

    Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 49; Cic. de Or. 1, 55, 234; S. C. ap. Plin. Ep. 8, 6, 6; ap. Flor. 1, 9.—Post-class.: meritissime, Sol. 7, 18.—
    b.
    In partic.: libens (lubens) merito, a form of expression used in paying vows; v. libens, under libet.

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  • 3 laus

        laus laudis, gen plur. laudum (once laudium, C.), f    [CLV-], praise, commendation, glory, fame, renown, esteem: recte factorum: laudem capere, T.: te summis laudibus ad caelum extulerunt: sibi ipse peperit maximam laudem ex illā accusatione: neque ego hoc in tuā laude pono: rei militaris, Cs.: laudis titulique cupido, Iu.: vitiata memoria funebribus laudibus, L.— A title to praise, merit, superiority, achievement, excellence: Fabio laudi datum est, quod, etc., regarded as a merit in, etc.: magna est laus, si superiores consilio vicisti: sunt hic sua praemia laudi, V.: maximam putant esse laudem, vacare agros, etc., Cs.: Conferre nostris tu potes te laudibus? Ph.: conscientia laudis, worth, Ph.: pedum, i. e. swiftness, O.
    * * *
    praise, approval, merit; glory; renown

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  • 4 mereor

        mereor itus, ērī, dep.    [SMAR-], to deserve, merit, be entitled to: dignitatem meam, si mereor, tuearis, if I deserve it: Pa. quid meritu's? Da. crucem, T.: stipendia, serve in the army: laudem, Cs.: gratiam nullam, L.: sanctus haberi, Iu.: ut memor esses sui, T.— To deserve well, be meritorious: eane meritos hostīs sine causā factos? after deserving so well, L.: Qui sui memores alios fecere merendo, V.: Hac (arte) te merentem Vexere, etc., H.— To deserve a return, merit recompense, behave: erga me saepe (illam) meritam quod vellem scio, treated me as I desired, T.: recepto Supplice sic merito, deserving this reception, V.: optime de communi libertate meritus, Cs.: de re p. bene, i. e. to serve well: melius de quibusdam inimicos mereri quam amicos, have treated better: perniciosius de re p. merentur principes, i. e. act ruinously: urbs quoque modo erit merita de me, has treated me: optime eum de se meritum iudicabat, Cs.
    * * *
    mereri, meritus sum V DEP
    earn; deserve/merit/have right; win/gain/incur; earn soldier/whore pay, serve

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  • 5 meritum

        meritum ī, n    [P. n. of mero], a merit, service, kindness, benefit, favor: pro merito ab illo tibi referri gratia, T.: nobis ob merita sua carus, S.: pro singulari eorum merito: merito tuo feci, as you deserved: ex merito, Ta.: recordatio ingentium meritorum, L.: meritis pro talibus, V.: magna in me.— Demerit, blame, fault, offence: merito hoc meo videtur factum? T.: a me nullo meo merito alienus, by no fault of mine: nullo meo in se merito, no offence against him, L.: Leniter, ex merito quicquid patiare, ferendum est, O.— Merit, worth, value, importance: quo sit merito quaeque notata dies, O.: sume superbiam Quaesitam meritis, H.
    * * *
    merit, service; value, due reward

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  • 6 mereō

        mereō uī, itus, ēre, dep.    [2 SMAR-], to deserve, merit, be entitled to, be worthy of: nec minimum decus, H.: supplicium, O.: cur pereat, O.: Nil suave meritum est, no kindness has been deserved, T.: qualem meruit, Pallanta remitto, as he deserves, i. e. dead, V.: ut decoraretur: Danaūm ut caderem manu, V.: Quae merui vitio perdere cuncta meo, O.— To earn, acquire, gain, obtain: non amplius duodecim aeris: stipendia in eo bello, i. e. served as a soldier: diadema Quirini, Iu.: odium, Cs.: aera, H.: scelus, incur, V.— To get by purchase, buy, purchase: quid arbitramini Rheginos merere velle, ut, etc., what price do you think they would take?—To serve for pay, serve as a soldier: complurīs annos, Cs.: triennio sub Hasdrubale, L.: equo, serve in the cavalry: pedibus, serve in the infantry, L.— To confer a favor, render service: de re p. optime: Si bene quid de te merui, V.
    * * *
    merere, merui, meritus V
    earn; deserve/merit/have right; win/gain/incur; earn soldier/whore pay, serve

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  • 7 imputo

    impŭto ( inp-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [inputo], to bring into the reckoning, enter into the account, to reckon, charge (not ante-Aug.; cf. deputo).
    I.
    Lit.:

    vilici servi longe plus imputant seminis jacti quam quod severint,

    Col. 1, 7 fin.:

    sumptus alicui... viatica et vecturas,

    Dig. 17, 2, 52, § 15:

    in quartam hereditatis imputantur res, quas jure hereditario capit,

    ib. 35, 2, 90:

    haec in numerum trium tutelarum,

    ib. 23, 2, 61.—
    II.
    Trop., to enter into the account, to reckon, attribute as a merit or a fault to one's self or another; to make a boast of, to credit to, to charge, ascribe, impute to (for the Ciceron. assignare, ascribere): fatum dies imputat, Sen. de Ira, 3, 42; cf. Mart. 5, 20, 13:

    hoc non imputo in solutum,

    Sen. Ep. 8 fin.:

    gaudent muneribus, sed nec data imputant, nec acceptis obligantur,

    Tac. G. 21:

    noli imputare vanum beneficium mihi,

    Phaedr. 1, 22, 8; cf. Sen. Tranq. 6:

    huic (Masinissae) imputari victum Hannibalem, huic captum Syphacem, huic Carthaginem deletam,

    Just. 38, 6:

    alii transeunt quaedam imputantque quod transeant,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 21, 4; cf. Suet. Tib. 53:

    ipsum sibi eripere tot beneficiorum occasiones, tam numerosam obligandi imputandique materiam,

    Plin. Pan. 39, 3; so absol.:

    cum quidam crimen ultro faterentur, nonnulli etiam imputarent,

    made a merit of it, Suet. Ner. 36: saevit enim natumque objectat et imputat illis, charges upon them ( his son ' s fate), Ov. M. 2, 400:

    mortem senioribus imputat annis,

    id. ib. 15, 470:

    rebellandi tempus Atheniensibus,

    Vell. 2, 23, 4:

    an ei caedes imputanda sit, a quo jurgium coepit?

    Quint. 5, 10, 72:

    suum exsilium rei publicae imputaturus,

    Sen. Ep. 86:

    prospera omnes sibi vindicant, adversa uni imputantur,

    Tac. Agr. 27:

    alicui moras belli aut causas rebellandi,

    id. ib. 34; id. H. 4, 14 fin.:

    culpam nostram illi,

    Plin. 18, 1, 1, § 2:

    et tibi scilicet, qui requisisti, imputabis, si digna ne epistula quidem videbuntur,

    Plin. Ep. 6, 20 fin.:

    sibi imputent cur minus idoneum fidejussorem acceperint,

    Dig. 42, 7, 1:

    imputet ipse deus nectar mihi, fiet acetum,

    may assign, give, Mart. 12, 48, 13:

    otia parva nobis,

    id. 4, 83, 2:

    hoc solum erit certamen, quis mihi plurimum imputet,

    Tac. H. 1, 38.

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  • 8 inputo

    impŭto ( inp-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [inputo], to bring into the reckoning, enter into the account, to reckon, charge (not ante-Aug.; cf. deputo).
    I.
    Lit.:

    vilici servi longe plus imputant seminis jacti quam quod severint,

    Col. 1, 7 fin.:

    sumptus alicui... viatica et vecturas,

    Dig. 17, 2, 52, § 15:

    in quartam hereditatis imputantur res, quas jure hereditario capit,

    ib. 35, 2, 90:

    haec in numerum trium tutelarum,

    ib. 23, 2, 61.—
    II.
    Trop., to enter into the account, to reckon, attribute as a merit or a fault to one's self or another; to make a boast of, to credit to, to charge, ascribe, impute to (for the Ciceron. assignare, ascribere): fatum dies imputat, Sen. de Ira, 3, 42; cf. Mart. 5, 20, 13:

    hoc non imputo in solutum,

    Sen. Ep. 8 fin.:

    gaudent muneribus, sed nec data imputant, nec acceptis obligantur,

    Tac. G. 21:

    noli imputare vanum beneficium mihi,

    Phaedr. 1, 22, 8; cf. Sen. Tranq. 6:

    huic (Masinissae) imputari victum Hannibalem, huic captum Syphacem, huic Carthaginem deletam,

    Just. 38, 6:

    alii transeunt quaedam imputantque quod transeant,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 21, 4; cf. Suet. Tib. 53:

    ipsum sibi eripere tot beneficiorum occasiones, tam numerosam obligandi imputandique materiam,

    Plin. Pan. 39, 3; so absol.:

    cum quidam crimen ultro faterentur, nonnulli etiam imputarent,

    made a merit of it, Suet. Ner. 36: saevit enim natumque objectat et imputat illis, charges upon them ( his son ' s fate), Ov. M. 2, 400:

    mortem senioribus imputat annis,

    id. ib. 15, 470:

    rebellandi tempus Atheniensibus,

    Vell. 2, 23, 4:

    an ei caedes imputanda sit, a quo jurgium coepit?

    Quint. 5, 10, 72:

    suum exsilium rei publicae imputaturus,

    Sen. Ep. 86:

    prospera omnes sibi vindicant, adversa uni imputantur,

    Tac. Agr. 27:

    alicui moras belli aut causas rebellandi,

    id. ib. 34; id. H. 4, 14 fin.:

    culpam nostram illi,

    Plin. 18, 1, 1, § 2:

    et tibi scilicet, qui requisisti, imputabis, si digna ne epistula quidem videbuntur,

    Plin. Ep. 6, 20 fin.:

    sibi imputent cur minus idoneum fidejussorem acceperint,

    Dig. 42, 7, 1:

    imputet ipse deus nectar mihi, fiet acetum,

    may assign, give, Mart. 12, 48, 13:

    otia parva nobis,

    id. 4, 83, 2:

    hoc solum erit certamen, quis mihi plurimum imputet,

    Tac. H. 1, 38.

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  • 9 promereo

    prō-mĕrĕo, ŭi, ĭtum, 2, v. a., and prō-mĕrĕor, ĭtus, 2, v. dep. a.
    I.
    To deserve, be deserving of, merit, in a good or bad sense (class.)
    A.
    In gen.:

    retineri nequeo, quin dicam ea, quae promeres,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 15; id. Am. 5, 2, 12:

    quid mali sum promeritus,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 20:

    ita velim me promerentem ames,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 47:

    reus levius punitus quam sit ille promeritus,

    Cic. Inv 2, 28, 83:

    poenam,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 63.—In a good sense:

    promeruisti, ut ne quid ores, quin impetres,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 41:

    promerenti optime hoccine pretii redditur,

    id. As. 1, 2, 2;

    deorum indulgentiam,

    Plin. Pan. 74, 5:

    amorem,

    Suet. Calig. 3:

    omnium voluntatem,

    id. Tit. 1 dies qui primus videre Promeruit nasci mundum, Sedul. 5, 318.—
    B.
    Esp., to deserve of one any thing (good or bad); constr. usu. with de or absol., rarely with acc.:

    numquam referre gratiam possum satis, proinde ut tu promeritus de me,

    Plaut. Capt. 5, 1, 12:

    paratiores erunt ad bene de multis promerendum,

    Cic. Off 2, 15, 53.—
    II.
    Transf., to acquire, gain, earn, get, win homines tenues unum habent in nostrum ordinem aut promerendi aut proferendi beneficii losum, Cic. Mur. 34, 70 socios, Suet. Aug. 3:

    principem,

    Plin. Pan. 62:

    ego te numquam negabo Promeritam,

    Verg. A. 4, 335:

    per hostias deos laevos,

    i. e. to render favorable, to propitiate, Arn. 7, 229; cf. pass.:

    talibus enim hostiis promeretur Deus,

    is won, conciliated, Vulg. Heb. 13, 6.—Hence, prō-mĕrĭtum, i, n, desert (good or evil), merit. —In good sense, Pac. ap. Non. 307, 10 (Trag. Rel. p. 79 Rib.); Lucr 2, 651; Cic. Red. ad Quir. 4, 8; Ov. F 4, 394.—In bad sense, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 49; Auct. B. Afr. 90.

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  • 10 promereor

    prō-mĕrĕo, ŭi, ĭtum, 2, v. a., and prō-mĕrĕor, ĭtus, 2, v. dep. a.
    I.
    To deserve, be deserving of, merit, in a good or bad sense (class.)
    A.
    In gen.:

    retineri nequeo, quin dicam ea, quae promeres,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 15; id. Am. 5, 2, 12:

    quid mali sum promeritus,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 20:

    ita velim me promerentem ames,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 47:

    reus levius punitus quam sit ille promeritus,

    Cic. Inv 2, 28, 83:

    poenam,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 63.—In a good sense:

    promeruisti, ut ne quid ores, quin impetres,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 41:

    promerenti optime hoccine pretii redditur,

    id. As. 1, 2, 2;

    deorum indulgentiam,

    Plin. Pan. 74, 5:

    amorem,

    Suet. Calig. 3:

    omnium voluntatem,

    id. Tit. 1 dies qui primus videre Promeruit nasci mundum, Sedul. 5, 318.—
    B.
    Esp., to deserve of one any thing (good or bad); constr. usu. with de or absol., rarely with acc.:

    numquam referre gratiam possum satis, proinde ut tu promeritus de me,

    Plaut. Capt. 5, 1, 12:

    paratiores erunt ad bene de multis promerendum,

    Cic. Off 2, 15, 53.—
    II.
    Transf., to acquire, gain, earn, get, win homines tenues unum habent in nostrum ordinem aut promerendi aut proferendi beneficii losum, Cic. Mur. 34, 70 socios, Suet. Aug. 3:

    principem,

    Plin. Pan. 62:

    ego te numquam negabo Promeritam,

    Verg. A. 4, 335:

    per hostias deos laevos,

    i. e. to render favorable, to propitiate, Arn. 7, 229; cf. pass.:

    talibus enim hostiis promeretur Deus,

    is won, conciliated, Vulg. Heb. 13, 6.—Hence, prō-mĕrĭtum, i, n, desert (good or evil), merit. —In good sense, Pac. ap. Non. 307, 10 (Trag. Rel. p. 79 Rib.); Lucr 2, 651; Cic. Red. ad Quir. 4, 8; Ov. F 4, 394.—In bad sense, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 49; Auct. B. Afr. 90.

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  • 11 promeritum

    prō-mĕrĕo, ŭi, ĭtum, 2, v. a., and prō-mĕrĕor, ĭtus, 2, v. dep. a.
    I.
    To deserve, be deserving of, merit, in a good or bad sense (class.)
    A.
    In gen.:

    retineri nequeo, quin dicam ea, quae promeres,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 15; id. Am. 5, 2, 12:

    quid mali sum promeritus,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 20:

    ita velim me promerentem ames,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 47:

    reus levius punitus quam sit ille promeritus,

    Cic. Inv 2, 28, 83:

    poenam,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 63.—In a good sense:

    promeruisti, ut ne quid ores, quin impetres,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 41:

    promerenti optime hoccine pretii redditur,

    id. As. 1, 2, 2;

    deorum indulgentiam,

    Plin. Pan. 74, 5:

    amorem,

    Suet. Calig. 3:

    omnium voluntatem,

    id. Tit. 1 dies qui primus videre Promeruit nasci mundum, Sedul. 5, 318.—
    B.
    Esp., to deserve of one any thing (good or bad); constr. usu. with de or absol., rarely with acc.:

    numquam referre gratiam possum satis, proinde ut tu promeritus de me,

    Plaut. Capt. 5, 1, 12:

    paratiores erunt ad bene de multis promerendum,

    Cic. Off 2, 15, 53.—
    II.
    Transf., to acquire, gain, earn, get, win homines tenues unum habent in nostrum ordinem aut promerendi aut proferendi beneficii losum, Cic. Mur. 34, 70 socios, Suet. Aug. 3:

    principem,

    Plin. Pan. 62:

    ego te numquam negabo Promeritam,

    Verg. A. 4, 335:

    per hostias deos laevos,

    i. e. to render favorable, to propitiate, Arn. 7, 229; cf. pass.:

    talibus enim hostiis promeretur Deus,

    is won, conciliated, Vulg. Heb. 13, 6.—Hence, prō-mĕrĭtum, i, n, desert (good or evil), merit. —In good sense, Pac. ap. Non. 307, 10 (Trag. Rel. p. 79 Rib.); Lucr 2, 651; Cic. Red. ad Quir. 4, 8; Ov. F 4, 394.—In bad sense, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 49; Auct. B. Afr. 90.

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  • 12 ab-surdus

        ab-surdus adj.    with comp. and sup., out of tune, discordant, harsh: vox.—Fig., incongruous, inconsistent, silly: ratio, T.: absurdissima mandata: bene dicere haud absurdum est, not without merit, S.: quid absurdius dici potest?—Worthless, stupid: ingenium haud absurdum, S.

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  • 13 aequālitās

        aequālitās ātis, f    [aequalis], equality, similarity, likeness: fraterna: vestra. — Equality of civil rights, Ta.
    * * *
    evenness; equality (of age/status/merit/distribution), uniformity, symmetry

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  • 14 com-mereō (conm-)

        com-mereō (conm-) uī, itus, ēre,    to merit fully, deserve, incur, earn: aliquam aestimationem: ut caperet odium illam mei, T.: poenam, O.—To commit, be guilty of, perpetrate: culpam, T.: alqd, T., O.

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  • 15 dīgnitās

        dīgnitās ātis, f    [dignus], worth, merit, desert, character: tantum apud me dignitas potest, Cs.: honos dignitate impetratus: consularis, a claim to the consulship: pro dignitate laudare.— Greatness, majesty, dignity, grandeur, authority, rank, distinction, eminence, reputation, honor: consulis: summa in te: personarum: vostra, S.: celsissima sedes dignitatis. — Self-respect, personal dignity, honor: apud alium prohibet dignitas, T.: agere cum dignitate: neque suam pati dignitatem, ut, etc., Cs.: corporis, presence, N.— One in high office, an eminent man, dignitary: surrexisset Apronius, nova dignitas publicani: cum dignitates abessent, L.—Of things, worth, value, excellence. plena dignitatis domus: portus ut urbem dignitate aequiparet, N.: verborum.
    * * *
    worth; dignity, position, rank; authority, office; self-respect, grace

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  • 16 ē-mereō

        ē-mereō uī, itus, ēre,    to obtain by service, earn, merit, deserve: virum, O.: honores, Pr.: emeruit vocis habere fidem, O. — To serve out, complete (a term of service): spes emerendi stipendia, L.: homines emeritis stipendiis, discharged veterans, S.: tempus (magistratūs) emeritum habere: emeritis medii temporis annis, O.—Fig.: tamquam emeritis stipendiis libidinis: emeritis exiret cursibus annus, O.

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  • 17 excellentia

        excellentia ae, f    [excellens], superiority, excellence: animi.— Plur: (in amicitiā）.
    * * *
    excellence, superiority; merit

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  • 18 (frūx)

        (frūx) frūgis, f    [1 FVG-], fruit, produce, pulse, legumes (no nom sing.): tosta, O.: ilex Multā fruge pecus iuvet, H.: terra feta frugibus: fruges serimus: frugum perceptio: inventis frugibus: Lentiscus Ter fruges fundens: (gens) dulcedine frugum capta, L.: salsae fruges (i. e. mola salsa), V.: medicatae, magic herbs, V.—Fig., result, success, value: industriae: se ad frugem bonam recepisse, i. e. reformed: expertia frugis (sc. poëmata), worthless, H.: permodestus ac bonae frugi, i. e. of real merit ; see also frugi.

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  • 19 habeō

        habeō uī (old perf subj. habessit for habuerit, C.), itus, ēre    [HAB-], to have, hold, support, carry, wear: arma: anulum: arma hic paries habebit, H.: coronam in capite: soccos et pallium: catenas: Faenum in cornu, H.: aquilam in exercitu, S.— To have, hold, contain: quod (fanum) habebat auri: non me Tartara habent, V.: quem quae sint habitura deorum Concilia, etc., V.: Quae regio Anchisen habet? V.: quod habet lex in se: suam (nutricem) cinis ater habebat, V.— To have, hold, occupy, inhabit: urbem, S.: arcem: quā Poeni haberent (sc. castra), L.: Hostis habet muros, V. —Of relation or association, to have: in matrimonio Caesenniam: eos in loco patrui: uxores: patrem: (legionem) secum, Cs.: apīs in iubā: mecum scribas: quibus vendant, habere, Cs.: conlegam in praeturā Sophoclem: civitates stipendiarias, Cs.: cognitum Scaevolam: inimicos civīs: duos amicissimos: eum nuptiis adligatum: quem pro quaestore habuit.— To have, be furnished with: voltum bonum, S.: pedes quinque: Angustos aditūs, V.: manicas, V.— To have, hold, keep, retain, detain: haec cum illis sunt habenda (opp. mittenda), T.: si quod accepit habet: Bibulum in obsidione, Cs.: in liberis custodiis haberi, S.: in vinculis habendi, S.: mare in potestate, Cs.: in custodiam habitus, lodged, L.: ordines, preserve, S.: alios in eā fortunā, ut, etc., L.: exercitus sine inperio habitus, S.: Marium post principia, station, S.: Loricam Donat habere viro, gives to keep, V.: inclusum senatum.—Of ownership or enjoyment, to have, own, possess, be master of: agros: Epicratis bona omnia: in Italiā fundum: quod non desit, H.: (divitias) honeste, enjoy, S.: (leges) in monumentis habemus, i. e. are extant: sibi hereditatem: illam suas res sibi habere iussit (the formula of divorcing a wife): in vestrā amicitiā divitias, S.: nos Amaryllis habet, has my love, V.: habeo, non habeor a Laide: habet in nummis, in praediis, is rich: ad habendum nihil satis esse: amor habendi, V.: Unde habeas, quaerit nemo, sed oportet habere, Iu.— To have, get, receive, obtain: a me vitam, fortunas: imperium a populo R.: habeat hoc praemi tua indignitas: granum ex provinciā: plus dapis, H.: Partem opere in tanto, a place, V.: graviter ferit atque ita fatur, Hoc habet, it reaches him, V.: certe captus est, habet! (i. e. volneratus est) T.— To find oneself, be, feel, be situated, be off, come off: se non graviter: bene habemus nos: praeclare se res habebat: quo pacto se habeat provincia: bene habent tibi principia, T.: bene habet, it is well: atqui Sic habet, H.: credin te inpune habiturum? escape punishment, T.: virtus aeterna habetur, abides, S.— To make, render: uti eos manifestos habeant, S.: pascua publica infesta, L.—With P. perf. pass., periphrast. for perf act.: vectigalia redempta, has brought in and holds, Cs.: domitas libidines: quae conlecta habent Stoici: de Caesare satis dictum: pericula consueta, S.: neque ea res falsum me habuit, S.: edita facinora, L.— To treat, use, handle: duriter se, T.: equitatu agmen adversariorum male, Cs.: exercitum luxuriose, S.: eos non pro vanis hostibus, sed liberaliter, S.: saucii maiore curā habiti, L.— To hold, direct, turn, keep: iter hac, T.: iter ad legiones, Cs.— To hold, pronounce, deliver, utter, make: orationem de ratione censoriā: contionem ad urbem: post habitam contionem: gratulationibus habendis celebramur: quae (querelae) apud me de illo habebantur: verba.— To hold, convene, conduct, cause to take place: comitia haberi siturus: senatum, Cs.: censum: Consilium summis de rebus, V.— To hold, govern, administer, manage, wield: rem p., S.: qui cultus habendo Sit pecori, V.: animus habet cuncta, neque ipse habetur, S.: aptat habendo Ensem, V.—Of rank or position, to hold, take, occupy: priores partīs Apud me, T.: Statum de tribus secundarium.—Fig., to have, have in mind, entertain, cherish, experience, exhibit, be actuated by: si quid consili Habet, T.: alienum animum a causā: tantum animi ad audaciam: plus animi quam consili: amorem in rem p.: in consilio fidem: gratiam, gratias habere; see gratia.— To have, have in mind, mean, wish, be able: haec habebam fere, quae te scire vellem, this was in substance what, etc.: haec habui de amicitiā quae dicerem: quod huic responderet, non habebat: haec fere dicere habui de, etc.: illud adfirmare pro certo habeo, L.—Prov.: quā digitum proferat non habet.—With P. fut. pass., to have, be bound: utrumne de furto dicendum habeas, Ta.: si nunc primum statuendum haberemus, Ta. — To have, have in mind, know, be acquainted with, be informed of: regis matrem habemus, ignoramus patrem: habes consilia nostra, such are: In memoriā habeo, I remember, T.: age, si quid habes, V.—With in animo, to have in mind, purpose, intend, be inclined: rogavi, ut diceret quid haberet in animo: istum exheredare in animo habebat: hoc (flumen) transire, Cs.: bello eum adiuvare, L. — To have in mind, hold, think, believe, esteem, regard, look upon: neque vos neque deos in animo, S.: haec habitast soror, T.: alquos magno in honore, Cs.: Iunium (mensem) in metu, be afraid of: omnīs uno ordine Achivos, all alike, V.: hi numero inpiorum habentur, Cs.: quem nefas habent nominare: deos aeternos: habitus non futtilis auctor, V.: cum esset habendus rex: non nauci augurem: cuius auctoritas magni haberetur, Cs.: id pro non dicto habendum, L.: sic habeto, non esse, etc.: non necesse habeo dicere: eam rem habuit religioni, a matter of conscience: ludibrio haberi, T.: duritiam voluptati, regard as pleasure, S.— To have, have received, have acquired, have made, have incurred: a me beneficia, Cs.: tantos progressūs in Stoicis.—With satis, to have enough, be content, be satisfied: sat habeo, T.: a me satis habent, tamen plus habebunt: non satis habitum est, quaeri, etc.— To have, be characterized by, exercise, practise: salem, T.: habet hoc virtus, ut, etc., this is characteristic of merit: locus nihil habet religionis: celerem motum, Cs.: neque modum neque modestiam, S.: silentium haberi iussit, observed, S.: habebat hoc Caesar, quem cognorat, etc., this was Caesar's way: ornamenta dicendi.— To have, involve, bring, render, occasion, produce, excite: primus adventus equitatūs habuit interitum: habet amoenitas ipsa inlecebras: latrocinia nullam habent infamiam, Cs.— To hold, keep, occupy, engage, busy, exercise, inspire: hoc male habet virum, vexes, T.: animalia somnus habebat, V.: sollicitum te habebat cogitatio periculi: Qui (metus) maior absentīs habet, H.— To take, accept, bear, endure: eas (iniurias) gravius aequo, S.: aegre filium id ausum, L.— To keep, reserve, conceal: Non clam me haberet quod, etc., T.: secreto hoc audi, tecum habeto.— To keep, spend, pass: adulescentiam, S.: aetatem procul a re p., S.—With rem, to have to do, be intimate: quocum uno rem habebam, T.
    * * *
    habere, habui, habitus V
    have, hold, consider, think, reason; manage, keep; spend/pass (time)

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  • 20 honestās

        honestās ātis, f    [honos], honor received from others, repute, consideration, honor, reputation, character, respectability, credit: adipiscendaeque honestatis causā: honestate spoliatus: aliena, L.: honestatem omnem amittere, respect: honestatibus alqm privare (i. e. honoribus).— Plur, honorable men, men of standing: causa, in quā omnes honestates civitatis una consentiunt.—Of things, beauty, grace, merit: testudinis: in rebus.—Fig., uprightness, honor, honesty, probity, integrity, virtue, character: propter se expetenda.
    * * *
    honor, integrity, honesty; wealth (Plater)

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