immerens

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

immĕrens (inm-), entis (in tmesi:

inque merentes, Lucr. 2, 1104), adj. [inmereo], undeserving , not meriting , innocent (poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf. indignus): triste lignum, caducum In domini caput immerentis, Hor. C. 2, 13, 11; id. Epod. 6, 1; 7, 19; Suet. Tit. 10: quaedam immerentia, innocent , harmless things , Val. Max. 9, 12, 8: inscitum efferre injuriam tibi immerenti, Ter. Hec. 740.—Subst.: im-mĕrens , entis, m., one who is innocent , does not deserve any thing: male mereri de inmerenti inscitiast, Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 29.— Adv.: immĕrenter ( inm- ), undeservedly : a Philippo rege temulento immerenter damnata, Val. Max. 6, 2, ext. 1.

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