emereo
Latin
Alternative forms
- (deponent form) ēmereor
Etymology
From ex- + mereō (“earn, merit, deserve”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /eːˈme.re.oː/, [eːˈmɛreoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eˈme.re.o/, [eˈmɛːreo]
Verb
ēmereō (present infinitive ēmerēre, perfect active ēmeruī, supine ēmeritum); second conjugation
- I earn, merit, gain by service.
- (military) I serve out; I serve my time; I complete my obligation to serve.
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References
- “emereo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “emereo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- emereo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.