meritum

Latin

Etymology

From meritus, perfect passive participle of mereō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈme.ri.tum/, [ˈmɛrɪt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈme.ri.tum/, [ˈmɛːrit̪um]

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

Related terms

• mereō
• meritus
• meritō

Descendants

• Catalan: mèrit
• English: merit
• French: mérite
• Friulian: mert
• Galician: mérito
• Italian: merito
• Ladin: merit
• Piedmontese: mérit
• Polish: meritum
• Portuguese: mérito
• Romanian: merit
• Sicilian: mèritu, mèrutu
• Spanish: mérito

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
    

Anagrams

• metimur

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin meritum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛˈri.tum/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -itum
• Syllabification: me‧ri‧tum

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

Related terms

adjectives

• merytoryczny

 

adverbs

• merytorycznie

 

nouns

• merytoryczność

 

Further reading

• meritum in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• meritum in Polish dictionaries at PWN