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===substantive===

[[excellence]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀρετή]], ἡ.

[[deserts]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀξία]], ἡ.

[[credit]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[δόξα]], ἡ.

[[service]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ὑπηρέτημα]], τό, [[prose|P.]] [[εὐεργεσία]], ἡ, [[εὐεργέτημα]], τό, [[ὑπούργημα]], τό, [[verse|V.]] [[ὑπουργία]], ἡ.

[[the case would have been tried on its own merits]]: [[prose|P.]] [[τὸ πρᾶγμα ἂν ἐκρίνετο ἐφ' αὑτοῦ]] ([[Demosthenes|Dem.]] 303). [[claim the merit of]], v.: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[προσποιεῖσθαι]] (acc. or gen.).

[[beyond one's merits]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ὑπὲρ τὴν ἀξίαν]].

===verb transitive===

See [[deserve]].
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