merus

Latin merus 'pure, unmixed, unadulterated' can also make better sense this way too ie. 'worn away' → 'mere' → 'unadulterated', 'pure', 'bare'.

Rubbing away the shine (2) 2010

Some special words; as, mīrus, gnārus, merus; and a few others.

New Latin Grammar Charles E. Bennett

[66] _Nisi quod pede certo differt sermoni, sermo merus_, S.

The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius Charles Thomas Cruttwell 1879

It was formerly, in law, no murder to kill a _merus Hibernicus_; and it is to this day no offence against good manners to laugh at any of this species.

Tales and Novels — Volume 04 Maria Edgeworth 1808

I turn to my guide in confusion and he points out the three courtyards representing Tri Lok, the merus on the temple roof, a reminder of Mt. Meru, the abode of the Gods, and the fact that the temple is dedicated to God Shiva as the Balinese believe in the Holy Trinity of Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh.

LittleIndia.com Largest Circulated Indian Magazine In USA 2009

Hoc mare magnum, & fpati6fum manibus: * illic rep tflia, quorum non cft nu - merus, animalia pufilia cum magnis.

Breviarium ecclesiæ Rotomagensis Rouen diocese 1777

at uos quo lubet hinc abite, lymphae, uini pernicles, et ad seueros migrate. hic merus est Thyonianus.

languagehat.com: ZUKOFSKY EUSKARAZ. 2004

[* leaf 146b] haue on nombre or on rewe of figures, the quych called nu {merus} dupland {us}.

The Earliest Arithmetics in English Anonymous 1902

& inventus efl omnis nii - merus IfraSl, mille mfllia

Breviarium ecclesiæ Rotomagensis Rouen diocese 1777

Nam viri aulici veterem sermonis dignitatem atque elegantiam retinebant in primisque ipsæ nobiles mulieres; quibus cum nullum esset omnino cum viris peregrinis commercium, merus ille ac purus Græcorum sermo servabatur intactus, (Philelph.

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 6 Edward Gibbon 1765