meritum

Latin

Etymology

From meritus, perfect passive participle of mereō.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

meritum n (genitive meritī); second declension

  1. merit, service, deserts
  2. value, reward, benefit, kindness
  3. fault, blame, demerit
  4. grounds, reason

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative meritum merita
genitive meritī meritōrum
dative meritō meritīs
accusative meritum merita
ablative meritō meritīs
vocative meritum merita

Descendants

References

  • meritum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • meritum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • meritum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • meritum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • what a man merits at another's hands: meritum alicuius in or erga aliquem
    • to reward a man according to his deserts: meritum praemium alicui persolvere
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