immeritus

Latin

Alternative forms

• inmeritus

Etymology

From in- (“not”) +‎ meritus (“merited, earned, deserved”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /imˈme.ri.tus/, [ɪmˈmɛrɪt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /imˈme.ri.tus/, [imˈmɛːrit̪us]

Adjective

immeritus (feminine immerita, neuter immeritum); first/second-declension adjective

1. unmerited, unearned, undeserved

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	immeritus	immerita	immeritum		immeritī	immeritae	immerita
Genitive	immeritī	immeritae	immeritī		immeritōrum	immeritārum	immeritōrum
Dative	immeritō		immeritō		immeritīs
Accusative	immeritum	immeritam	immeritum		immeritōs	immeritās	immerita
Ablative	immeritō	immeritā	immeritō		immeritīs
Vocative	immerite	immerita	immeritum		immeritī	immeritae	immerita

Synonyms

• (undeserving, innocent): immerēns

Derived terms

• immeritō

Related terms

• immerenter
• immeritōrius
• immerēns
• merenda
• merendārius
• merendō
• meretrīcius
• meretrīciē
• meretrīcor
• meretrīcula
• meretrīcābilis
• meretrīx
• mereō
• meritum
• meritus
• meritō
• meritōrius
• merēns

 

Descendants

• Spanish: inmérito

References

• “immeritus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “immeritus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• immeritus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) and rightly too: neque immerito (iniuria)
    
  • (ambiguous) and rightly too: neque id immerito (iniuria)