emeritus

English

Etymology

From Latin emeritus.

Adjective

Wikipedia

emeritus

1. Retired, but retaining an honorific version of previous title (especially "professor").

Translations

retired but retaining an honorific version of previous title

• Catalan: emèrit (ca) m
• French: émérite (fr)

• Italian: emerito (it)
• Portuguese: emérito (pt) m

Noun

emeritus (plural emeriti)

1. A person retired in this sense (feminine form emerita).
   • 1955, Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita:

   Oh, you veteran crime reporter, you grave old usher, you once popular policeman, now in solitary confinement after gracing that school crossing for years, you wretched emeritus read to by a boy!

Related terms

• emerita
• emeritum

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of ēmereō (“earn, merit”)

Participle

ēmeritus m (feminine ēmerita, neuter ēmeritum); first/second declension

1. earned, merited, having been earned.
2. served, having done one's service.

Inflection

Number	Singular				Plural
Case \ Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	ēmeritus	ēmerita	ēmeritum		ēmeritī	ēmeritae	ēmerita
genitive	ēmeritī	ēmeritae	ēmeritī		ēmeritōrum	ēmeritārum	ēmeritōrum
dative	ēmeritō	ēmeritae	ēmeritō		ēmeritīs	ēmeritīs	ēmeritīs
accusative	ēmeritum	ēmeritam	ēmeritum		ēmeritōs	ēmeritās	ēmerita
ablative	ēmeritō	ēmeritā	ēmeritō		ēmeritīs	ēmeritīs	ēmeritīs
vocative	ēmerite	ēmerita	ēmeritum		ēmeritī	ēmeritae	ēmerita

Descendants

• English: emeritus
• Italian: emerito
• Portuguese: emérito