I.to merit fully, to deserve something; usu. in a bad sense.
I. Prop.: “interrogabatur reus, quam quasi aestimationem commeruisse se maxime confiteretur,” Cic. de Or. 1, 54, 232: “poenam,” Ov. Tr. 2, 4: “numquam sciens commerui merito ut caperet odium illam mei,” Ter. Hec. 4, 2, 4.—
II. Meton. (with culpam, etc.; antecedens pro consequenti; prop. to earn, acquire, bring to or upon one's self), to err in something, to commit an offence or crime, be guilty of, perpetrate (mostly ante-class.): “noxiam,” Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 56: “aliquem Castigare pro conmeritā noxiā,” id. Trin. 1, 1, 4: “culpam in se,” id. Merc. 4, 6, 10: “quid ego de te conmerui mali?” id. Aul. 4, 10, 5: “neque te conmeruisse culpam,” id. Capt. 2, 3, 43; so, “culpam,” Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 29: “commerere in se aliquid mali,” Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 59; cf.: “quid commerui aut peccavi?” Ter. And. 1, 1, 112; cf.: “quid placidae commeruistis oves?” Ov. F. 1, 362.
