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語源

From Proto-Italic *merēō, from earlier *merējō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mr̥-éh₁-yeti, from *(s)mer- (“to assign, allot”).

Cognate of Ancient Greek μέρος (méros, “share, portion”). See also Latin merx, Ancient Greek μείρομαι (meíromai, “to receive as one's portion or due”) and Hittite 𒈥𒀝𒍣 (mar-ak-zi /⁠marktsi⁠/, “to cut up, divide (a sacrifice), separate, unravel”).

発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: [ˈmɛ.re.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: [ˈmɛː.re.o]

動詞

mereō (present infinitive merēre, perfect active meruī, supine meritum); second conjugation

1. to deserve, merit
   • 8 CE – 12 CE, Ovidius, Tristia 1.2.95:

     et iubet et meruī

     And he commands [it], and I deserved [it]

2. to earn, get, obtain, acquire

   Synonyms: acquīrō, adipīscor, cōnsequor, lucror, parō, pariō, impetrō, sūmō, emō, comparō, apīscor, obtineō, potior, inveniō, conciliō, nancīscor, colligō, alliciō

   Antonym: āmittō

3. to serve, to render service to (with ablative of the person or thing interested)

   Synonym: prōsum

   • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de bello Gallico VII.17:

     sic se complures anuos illo imperante meruisse

     that they had served to him for many years as commander

4. to earn a living

Conjugation

同意語

• (deserve): commereō, dignum esse
• (obtain): adipīscor, cōnsequor, exōrō, impetrō, nancīscor

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参照

• “mereo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “mereo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “mereo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to merit thanks; to do a thankworthy action: gratiam mereri
    
  • to deserve well at some one's hands; to do a service to..: bene, praeclare (melius, optime) mereri de aliquo
    
  • to deserve ill of a person; to treat badly: male mereri de aliquo
    
  • (ambiguous) to serve in the cavalry, infantry: equo, pedibus merere (Liv. 27. 11)
    
  • (ambiguous) to serve: stipendia facere, merere
    
• mereo in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2026), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication