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.