verb transitive

com-mĕrĕo

2nd PP com-mĕrēre · 3rd PP com-mĕrŭi · 4th PP com-mĕrĭtum · conj. 2nd

to merit fully; to deserve something;

to merit fully, to deserve something; usu. in a bad sense.

Prop.: interrogabatur reus, quam quasi aestimationem commeruisse se maxime… •

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.—

to err in something; to commit an offence; crime by metonymy ••

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.

Perseus ID: n9359 Key: commereo