immeritus

Latin

Alternative forms

  • inmeritus

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /imˈme.ri.tus/, [ɪmˈmɛ.rɪ.tʊs]

Adjective

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

  1. unmerited, unearned, undeserved

Inflection

First/second declension.

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

Derived terms

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, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) and rightly too: neque immerito (iniuria)
    • (ambiguous) and rightly too: neque id immerito (iniuria)
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