merens

== Latin == === Etymology === Present participle of mereō. === Participle === merēns (genitive merentis); third-declension one-termination participle deserving, meriting ==== Usage notes ==== Occasionally in idiomatic expressions with de, such as bene de se merenti (“for acquitting himself well; well-deserving”). ==== Declension ==== Third-declension participle. 1When used purely as an adjective. ==== Descendants ==== Italian: benemerente === References === “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.