MEREO - MERITO

The notes here are taken from the actual Scala, so be warned that references to the "previous" proverb refer to its order in the Scala, not its order here. You can read more about the word at the Verbosum blog: MEREO - MERITO.

Aequo animo poenam qui meruere ferunt. ~ Note: The words are from one of Ovid's elegies, 2.7. Note that the form meruere is the third-person plural perfect, equivalent to the form meruerunt. If you scan the line, you will see it is a pentameter. Here is the complete couplet: Atque ego peccati vellem mihi conscius essem! / aequo animo poenam, qui meruere, ferunt.

Fraus meretur fraudem. ~ Note: Although the deponent verb mereor takes only passive endings, it is still active in meaning and able to take a direct object as you see here: fraudem.

Palmam qui meruit, ferat. ~ Note: Note the subjunctive, ferat: Let the one who has earned the palm of victory carry it off. This is the motto of the Knights of Sparta, a carnival organization in New Orleans.

Dulcia non meruit, qui non gustavit amara.

Testis in uno falsus, in nullo fidem meretur. ~ Note: This is another version of the preceding saying. A witness either has "fides" or not - and the witness who lies in one thing "in nullo fidem meretur."

Nemo coronatur, nisi certando mereatur.

Primus error veniam meretur.

Felix qui meruit tranquillam ducere vitam. ~ Note: The verb meruit can take a complementary infinitive: ducere. Note also how the object phrase, tranquillam vitam, wraps nicely around the infinitive. The words are from the first elegy of Maximianus.

Exlex qui vivit, merito sine lege peribit. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings collected by Wegeler, 393.

Exlex qui vivit, merito sine lege peribit. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings collected by Wegeler, 393.

Amittit merito proprium qui alienum appetit.

Qui sibimet vivit, aliis merito est mortuus. ~ Note: You can also find the saying expressed this way: Qui sibi modo vivit, merito aliis est mortuus.

Votum solvit libens laetus merito. ~ Note: This Latin phrase is often abbreviated in inscriptions as V.S.L.L.M.

Merito hunc manducant sues qui se miscet inter furfures. ~ Note: You can find this saying in the famous debate between Marcolf and King Solomon.

Quod pateris merito, patienter ferre memento. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings included in the distichs attributed to the so-called "Cato." Here is the complete distich: Quod merito pateris, patienter ferre memento, / cumque reus tibi sis, ipsum te iudice damna.

Pravus habet meritis praemia digna suis. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings collected by Wegeler, 946.

Si tibi pro meritis nemo succurrit amicus, incusare deos noli, sed te ipse coerce. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings included in the distichs attributed to the so-called "Cato." Here is the complete distich: Si tibi pro meritis nemo succurrit amicus, / incusare deos noli, sed te ipse coerce.

Alienis meritis non superbias.

Utque hostes armis, meritis sic vincit amicos.

Si panem dederis tristis, et panem et meritum perdidisti.

Non merito, sed fortuito.

Quod merito pateris, patienter ferre memento.

Saepe vane ridemus, quando merito flere debemus.

Derideri merito potest qui sine virtute vanas exercet minas.

Merito beneficium legis amittit, qui legem ipsam subvertere intendit.