merto

Italian

Etymology

Syncopated form of merito.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛr.to/, [ˈmɛr̺t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ɛrto
• Hyphenation: mèr‧to

Noun

merto m (plural merti)

1. (poetic) Alternative form of merito
   1. merit
      • 1321, Dante Alighieri with Umberto Bosco, Giovanni Reggio, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell]‎^[1], 12th edition, Firenze: Le Monnier, published 1994, →ISBN, Canto IV, page 56, lines 46, 49-50:

        «Dimmi, maestro mio, dimmi, segnore», ¶ […] ¶ «uscicci mai alcuno, o per suo merto ¶ o per altrui, che poi fosse beato?»

        «Tell me, my Master, tell me, thou my Lord», ¶ […] ¶ «Came any one by his own merit hence, ¶ or by another's, who was blessed thereafter?»