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/, [mɛrɪˈt̪oːriʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /me.riˈto.ri.us/, [meriˈt̪ɔːrius]
Adjective
meritōrius (feminine meritōria, neuter meritōrium); first/second-declension adjective
- Of or pertaining to the earning of money, by which money is earned, for which money is paid; hired; meritorious.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| 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
- immeritōrius
- meritōrium
Related terms
- immerēns
- immerenter
- immeritō
- immeritus
- merenda
- merendārius
- merendō
- merēns
- mereō
- meretrīcābilis
- meretrīciē
- meretrīcius
- meretrīcor
- meretrīcula
- meretrīx
- meritō
- meritum
- meritus
Descendants
- Catalan: meritori
- English: meritorious
- Italian: meritorio
- Portuguese: meritório
- Spanish: 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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- meritorius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette