meritum

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Latin

Etymology

From meritus, perfect passive participle of mereō.

Pronunciation

Noun

meritum n (genitive meritī); second declension

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

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative meritum merita
Genitive meritī meritōrum
Dative meritō meritīs
Accusative meritum merita
Ablative meritō meritīs
Vocative meritum merita

Descendants

  • Catalan: mèrit
  • English: merit
  • French: mérite
  • Friulian: mert
  • Galician: mérito
  • Italian: merito

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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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • meritum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], 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

Polish

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Etymology

From Latin meritum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɛˈri.tum/
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Noun

meritum n

  1. substance, essence, gist, crux
    Synonyms: istota, sedno

Declension

Declension of meritum
singular plural
nominative meritum merita
genitive meritum meritów
dative meritum meritom
accusative meritum merita
instrumental meritum meritami
locative meritum meritach
vocative meritum merita

Further reading

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