deservedly Copy link Outline 1. mĕrĭto2. jūrĕ (abl. of jus)3. expr. by part. of mereor • deservedly: 1. mĕrĭto: we are d. punished, m. plectimur, Phaedr.: I am d. angry with Metellus, m. sum iratus Metello, Cic. Join: recte ac merito, Cic. Superl., meritissimo, Cic. 2. jūrĕ (abl. of jus): he would be d. punished, jure in eum animadverteretur, Cic. Join: jure ac merito, Cic.: v. justly. 3. expr. by part. of mereor: to suffer punishment d., merentem expendisse poenas, Virg. (see L. G. § 343): also in same constr., meritus, Ov.
DESERVEDLY Copy link • DESERVEDLYpro merito; merito; pro dignitate: very deservedly, meritissimo (Cic.): merito ac jure: jure: merito atque optimo jure; jure ac merito; jure meritoque: he would be deservedly punished, jure in eum animadverteretur: to be deservedly praised, merito ac jure laudari (Cic.). ☞ Deservedly may, in poetry, be rendered by meritus; e.g., meritus torquetur ab (Ov.).