commereo

Latin > English

commereo commerere, commerui, commeritus V TRANS :: merit fully, deserve, incur, earn (punishment/reward); be guilty of, perpetuate

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

com-mĕrĕo: ŭi, ĭtum, 2, v. a.,
I to merit fully, to deserve something; usu. in a bad sense.
I Prop.: interrogabatur reus, quam quasi aestimationem commeruisse se maxime confiteretur, Cic. de Or. 1, 54, 232: poenam, Ov. Tr. 2, 4: numquam sciens commerui merito ut caperet odium illam mei, Ter. Hec. 4, 2, 4.—
II Meton. (with culpam, etc.; antecedens pro consequenti; prop. to earn, acquire, bring to or upon one's self), to err in something, to commit an offence or crime, be guilty of, perpetrate (mostly ante-class.): noxiam, Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 56: aliquem Castigare pro conmeritā noxiā, id. Trin. 1, 1, 4: culpam in se, id. Merc. 4, 6, 10: quid ego de te conmerui mali? id. Aul. 4, 10, 5: neque te conmeruisse culpam, id. Capt. 2, 3, 43; so, culpam, Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 29: commerere in se aliquid mali, Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 59; cf.: quid commerui aut peccavi? Ter. And. 1, 1, 112; cf.: quid placidae commeruistis oves? Ov. F. 1, 362.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

commĕrĕō,¹⁴ ŭī, ēre, Cic. de Or. 1, 232, et commĕrĕor, rĭtus sum, ērī, Gell. 1, 6, 6 ; Pl. Aul. 738 ; Ter. Hec. 486, tr., mériter [en mauvaise part] : Cic. de Or. 1, 232 || se rendre coupable de : commerere noxiam Pl. Most. 1178, commettre un délit ; quid commerui ? Ter. Andr. 139, qu’ai-je fait ? quid commeruistis ? Ov. F. 1, 362, quel est votre crime ? || abs^t] numquam sciens commerui, ut Ter. Hec. 580, jamais je n’ai rien fait sciemment qui justifiât que.

Latin > German (Georges)

com-mereo, meruī, meritum, ēre, I) verdienen, poenam, Ov.: aestimationem (poenae), Cic.: quid de te (an dir) tantum commeruisti? *Ter.: numquam sciens commerui, merito ut caperet odium illam mei, Ter. – II) übtr., begehen, verschulden, noxiam, Plaut.: culpam, Ter.: culpam in se, Plaut.: quid commerui aut peccavi? Ter.: videre commeruisse hic me absente in te aliquid mali, Plaut.