merēns entis, adj.
P. of mereo, deserving, meriting : optime merentes socios deserere, Cs.: laudare et increpare merentīs, S.: rite merenti Venit laurea, O.—As subst m. : sumpsisse merentis poenas, i. e. punished the guilty one , V.: Dignus pro laude merentis, of my benefactor , H.