merito

See also: mérito, meritó, and meritò

Esperanto

Noun

merito (accusative singular meriton, plural meritoj, accusative plural meritojn)

  1. merit

Ido

Noun

merito (plural meriti)

  1. merit

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛ.ri.to/, [ˈmɛːr̺it̪o]
  • Rhymes: -ɛrito
  • Stress: mèrito
  • Hyphenation: me‧ri‧to

Etymology 1

From Latin meritus, perfect passive participle of mereō (“I earn, deserve”).

Adjective

merito (feminine singular merita, masculine plural meriti, feminine plural merite) (obsolete, literary)

  1. deserved
  2. (rare) deserving, worthy

Etymology 2

From Latin meritum (“merit”, “deserts”), from a noun use of the neuter form of meritus.

Alternative forms

Noun

merito m (plural meriti)

  1. merit

Etymology 3

See etymology on the main entry.

Verb

merito

  1. first-person singular present indicative of meritare

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈme.ri.toː/, [ˈmɛ.rɪ.toː]

Etymology 1

From the Old Latin meritod, mereto, meretod.

Adverb

meritō (superlative meritissimō)

  1. according to desert, deservedly, justly
  2. with good reason, correctly, rightly, as a natural consequence

References

Etymology 2

mereō (“I earn”) +‎ -itō (suffix forming frequentative verbs)

Verb

meritō (present infinitive meritāre, perfect active meritāvī, supine meritātum); first conjugation

  1. I earn a salary or regular wage
  2. I serve as a soldier in exchange for a salary
Conjugation
   Conjugation of merito (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present meritō meritās meritat meritāmus meritātis meritant
imperfect meritābam meritābās meritābat meritābāmus meritābātis meritābant
future meritābō meritābis meritābit meritābimus meritābitis meritābunt
perfect meritāvī meritāvistī meritāvit meritāvimus meritāvistis meritāvērunt, meritāvēre
pluperfect meritāveram meritāverās meritāverat meritāverāmus meritāverātis meritāverant
future perfect meritāverō meritāveris meritāverit meritāverimus meritāveritis meritāverint
passive present meritor meritāris, meritāre meritātur meritāmur meritāminī meritantur
imperfect meritābar meritābāris, meritābāre meritābātur meritābāmur meritābāminī meritābantur
future meritābor meritāberis, meritābere meritābitur meritābimur meritābiminī meritābuntur
perfect meritātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect meritātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect meritātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present meritem meritēs meritet meritēmus meritētis meritent
imperfect meritārem meritārēs meritāret meritārēmus meritārētis meritārent
perfect meritāverim meritāverīs meritāverit meritāverīmus meritāverītis meritāverint
pluperfect meritāvissem meritāvissēs meritāvisset meritāvissēmus meritāvissētis meritāvissent
passive present meriter meritēris, meritēre meritētur meritēmur meritēminī meritentur
imperfect meritārer meritārēris, meritārēre meritārētur meritārēmur meritārēminī meritārentur
perfect meritātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect meritātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — meritā — — meritāte —
future — meritātō meritātō — meritātōte meritantō
passive present — meritāre — — meritāminī —
future — meritātor meritātor — — meritantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives meritāre meritāvisse meritātūrus esse meritārī meritātus esse meritātum īrī
participles meritāns — meritātūrus — meritātus meritandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
meritāre meritandī meritandō meritandum meritātum meritātū

References

  • mĕrĭto² in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • merito in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • 2 mĕrĭto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette: “970/2”
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) I had not deserved it: nullo meo merito
    • (ambiguous) according to a man's deserts: ex, pro merito
    • (ambiguous) quite rightly: et recte (iure, merito)
  • “meritō²” on page 1,103/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Etymology 3

Regularly declined forms of meritus.

Participle

meritō

  1. inflection of meritus:
    1. dative masculine singular
    2. dative neuter singular
    3. ablative masculine singular
    4. ablative neuter plural

Spanish

Verb

merito

  1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of meritar.
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