meritorius
Latin
Etymology
From meritus (“deserving, deserved”) + -tōrius, from the perfect passive participle of mereō (“deserve, merit”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /me.riˈtoː.ri.us/, [mɛ.rɪˈtoː.ri.ʊs]
Adjective
meritōrius (feminine meritōria, neuter meritōrium); first/second declension
- Of or pertaining to the earning of money, by which money is earned, for which money is paid; hired; meritorious.
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | meritōrius | meritōria | meritōrium | meritōriī | meritōriae | meritōria | |
| Genitive | meritōriī | meritōriae | meritōriī | meritōriōrum | meritōriārum | meritōriōrum | |
| Dative | meritōriō | meritōriō | meritōriīs | ||||
| Accusative | meritōrium | meritōriam | meritōrium | meritōriōs | meritōriās | meritōria | |
| Ablative | meritōriō | meritōriā | meritōriō | meritōriīs | |||
| Vocative | meritōrie | meritōria | meritōrium | meritōriī | meritōriae | meritōria | |
Antonyms
- (meritorious): immeritōrius
Derived terms
Related terms
- meretrīciē
- meretrīcius
- meretrīcor
- meretrīcula
Descendants
- Catalan: meritori
- English: meritorious
- Italian: meritorio
References
- meritorius in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- meritorius in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- meritorius in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- meritorius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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