merēns entis, adj. P. of mereo, deserving, meriting: optime merentes socios deserere, Cs.: laudare et increpare merentīs, S.: rite merenti Venit laurea, O.

—As subst m.: sumpsisse merentis poenas, i. e. punished the guilty one, V.: Dignus pro laude merentis, of my benefactor, H.