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|lnetxt=demereo demerere, demeri, demeritus V TRANS :: oblige, please, win the favor of; earn, merit, deserve (well of)
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>dē-mĕrĕo</b>: ŭi, ĭtum, 2, v. a.<br /><b>I</b> With acc. rei, to [[merit]], [[deserve]] a [[thing]] ([[ante]]-and [[post]]-[[class]]., and [[very]] [[rare]]): aliquid mercedis domino, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 90: grandem pecuniam, Gell. 1, 8, 3: demeritae laetitiae, Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 14.—<br /><b>II</b> (Since the Aug. per.) With acc. pers., to [[deserve]] [[well]] of, to [[oblige]]: avunculum [[magnopere]], Suet. Aug. 8: nec [[tibi]] [[sit]] servos demeruisse [[pudor]], Ov. A. A. 2, 252: crimine te potui demeruisse meo, id. Her. 2, 28: [[matrona]] amoenitate [[aliqua]] demerenda erit, Col. 1, 4, 8. In this signif. [[usually]] in the deponent form, dē-mĕrĕor (not [[ante]]-Aug.): ut pleniori obsequio demererer amantissimos meos, Quint. prooem. § 3; so, Pompeium et Caesarem, quorum [[nemo]] alterum offendere audebat, [[nisi]] ut alterum demereretur, [[simul]] provocavit, [[lay]] under [[obligation]], Sen. Ep. 104, 33; id. Ben. 1, 2, 5: demerendi beneficio tam potentem civitatem [[occasio]], Liv. 3, 18: in Regulo demerendo, Plin. Ep. 4, 2, 4; Suet. Vit. 2; id. Oth. 4; Quint. 9, 2, 29; Tac. A. 15, 21 al.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>dēmĕrĕō</b>,¹³ ŭī, ĭtum, ēre, tr.,<br /><b>1</b> [[aliquid]], gagner, mériter qqch. : Pl. Ps. 1186 ; Gell. 1, 8, 3<br /><b>2</b> aliquem, gagner qqn, s’attirer les bonnes grâces de qqn : Liv. 3, 18, 3 ; Sen. Ben. 2, 24, 1. au gérond. et à l’adj. verbal confusion entre [[demereo]] et [[demereor]].
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{{Georges
|georg=dē-[[mereo]], meruī, [[meritum]], ēre, I) jmdm. od. [[sich]] [[etwas]] [[durch]] [[Verdienst]] [[zuwenden]], [[etwas]] [[verdienen]], [[quid]] mercedis [[petasus]] [[hodie]] [[domino]] demeret? Plaut. Pseud. 1186: grandem pecuniam, Gell. 1, 8, 3: [[quaero]], [[quoi]] (= [[cui]]) artibus [[tribus]] [[ter]] demeritas dem laetitias, Plaut. Pseud. 704. – II) subj., 1) etw. [[verdienen]] = [[sich]] [[dessen]] [[würdig]] [[machen]], [[utinam]] possim [[tibi]] referre gratias, ut demeres, Turpil. com. 192. – 2) dēmereo, meruī, ēre, u. Depon. dēmereor, ērī, [[sich]] um jmd. od. etw. [[verdient]] [[machen]], [[sich]] jmd. [[verbindlich]] [[machen]], [[sich]] jmd. [[verpflichten]], jmd. an [[sich]] [[fesseln]], jmd. [[für]] [[sich]] [[gewinnen]], α) akt. [[Form]]: [[servos]], Ov.: avunculum, Suet.: m. Abl. ([[durch]]), [[nullo]] ([[durch]] [[nichts]]) [[magis]] Caesarem demeruit, [[quam]] [[quod]] etc., Sen.: crimine te [[potui]] demeruisse [[meo]], Ov. – β) bepon. [[Form]]: plura [[saepe]] peccantur, [[dum]] demeremur, [[quam]] [[dum]] offendimus, Tac.: [[alium]] aliā viā militum, Suet. – m. Abl. ([[durch]]), hōc [[eum]], Quint.: pleniori obsequio alqm, Quint.: Gaium ne quā [[non]] [[arte]] demereretur, Suet. – v. lebl. Subjj., [[vultus]], [[qui]] [[maxime]] populos demeretur, Sen.: elephantorum satietatem [[usque]] in servile [[officium]] demeretur [[cibus]], Sen. – γ) Gerund. u. Gerundiv.: demerendi beneficio ([[durch]] W.) [[tam]] potentem populum [[occasio]], Liv.: in Regulo demerendo Regulum imitantur, Plin. ep.: [[vir]] demerendis hominibus [[genitus]], Vell.: [[deus]] omnibus colendus, omnibus demerendus, Tert.: [[quam]] ob rem ([[matrona]]) aliquā amoenitate demerenda erit, Col. 1, 4, 8.
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