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Morphology Lemmata mero (external link: mero )Forms: mero (data provider: perseus)merum (external link: merum )Forms: mera (data provider: perseus), merast (data provider: perseus), mere (data provider: perseus), merest (data provider: perseus), meri (data provider: perseus), meris (data provider: perseus), mero (data provider: perseus), merom (data provider: perseus), meron (data provider: donatus-sup), meroque (data provider: perseus), merorum (data provider: donatus-sup), merum (data provider: perseus), merumque (data provider: perseus), merumst (data provider: perseus)merus (external link: merus )Forms: maeras (data provider: donatus-sup), mera (data provider: perseus), merae (data provider: perseus), meram (data provider: perseus), merarumque (data provider: donatus-sup), meras (data provider: perseus), merast (data provider: perseus), mere (data provider: perseus), merest (data provider: perseus), meri (data provider: perseus), meris (data provider: perseus), mero (data provider: perseus), merom (data provider: perseus), meroque (data provider: perseus), meros (data provider: perseus), merum (data provider: perseus), merumque (data provider: perseus), merumst (data provider: perseus), merus (data provider: perseus)Dictionary Charlton T. Lewis: An Elementary Latin Dictionary Cooper: Thesaurus Linguae Romanae et Brittanicae Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary mero Mĕro, ōnis, m. [merum], the wine-bibber , a nickname bestowed on the emperor Tiberius Claudius Nero, in allusion to his drinking propensities: propter nimiam vini aviditatem, pro Tiberio Biberius, pro Claudio Caldius, pro Nerone Mero vocabatur , Suet. Tib. 42 . merum mĕrum, i, n. , v. merus, 2. merus mĕrus, a, um, adj. [root mar-, to gleam; cf.: ma/rmaros , marmor, mare; hence, bright, pure], pure, unmixed, unadulterated , esp. of wine not mixed with water: merum antiqui dicebant solum: at nunc merum purum appellamus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 124 Müll.
I. Lit. : vinum merum, Varr. ap. Non. 4, 295 : vina , Ov. M. 15, 331 .—Of other things: argentum merum , Plaut. As. 1, 3, 3 : undae , Ov. M. 15, 323 : lac , id. F. 4, 369 : gustus , Col. 3, 21 : claror , clear, unclouded , Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 111 : mero meridie , Petr. 37 .—Hence,
2. Subst. : mĕrum, i, n. , pure, unmixed wine, wine not mixed with water (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): ingurgitare se in merum , Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 35 ; Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 11 ; id. C. 1, 36, 13 : objecturus Antonio Cicero merum et vomitum , Quint. 8, 4, 16 : meri veteris torrens , Juv. 6, 319 ; 3, 283 ; Val. Fl. 5, 595 : ad merum pronior , Plin. 14, 22, 28, 145 ; 23, 1, 23, 43 .—
B. Transf.
1. Bare, naked, uncovered (poet. ): pes , Juv. 6, 158 : stabat calce merā, Prud. stef . 6, 91.—
2. In gen., bare, nothing but, only, mere (class.): meri bellatores gignuntur , Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 85 : in medio (foro) ostentatores meri (ambulant) , id. Curc. 4, 1, 15 : Diogenem postea pallium solum habuisse, et habere Ulixem meram tunicam, nothing but, only , Varr. ap. Non. 344, 10 : nihil, nisi spem meram , Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 95 : mera monstra nuntiare , Cic. Att. 4, 7, 1 : proscriptiones, meri Sullae , id. ib. 9, 11, 3 : scelera loquuntur , id. ib. 9, 13, 1 : bellum , id. ib. 9, 13, 8 : nugae , id. ib. 6, 3, 5 : adfectus , Quint. 11, 1, 52 .—
II. Trop. , pure, true, real, genuine, unadulterated : meri principes , Cic. de Or. 2, 22, 94 : velut ex diutinā siti nimis avide meram haurientes libertatem, immoderate, excessive , Liv. 39, 26; cf. Cic. Rep. 1, 43, 66 ; but mera libertas, in Horace, signifies true, genuine freedom , Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 8 : Achaia, illa vera et mera Graecia , Plin. Ep. 8, 24, 2 : Cecropis , a real Athenian , Juv. 6, 187 .—Hence, adv. : mĕrē, purely, without mixture, wholly, entirely (ante-class. and post-Aug.): si semel amoris poculum accepit mere , Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 22 .
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