merens
From LSJ
ἐπάμεροι· τί δέ τις; τί δ' οὔ τις; σκιᾶς ὄναρ ἄνθρωπος → Neverlasting: What is a somebody? What is a nobody? You are a dream of a shadow | Creatures of a day. What is a someone, what is a no one? Man is the dream of a shade.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
mĕrens: entis, Part. and P. a. of mereo, q. v.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
mĕrēns,¹² tis, part. prés. de mereo ou mereor ;
1 qui mérite, digne : increpare merentes Sall. J. 100, 3, blâmer ceux qui le méritent
2 qui rend service : bene merens alicui Pl. Men. 693, qui rend de bons services à qqn ; de republica Cic. d. Non. 344, 19, qui mérite bien de l’État || bene merens Pl. Capt. 935 ; Most. 232, bienfaiteur. merentissimus CIL 3, 3544, etc.
