meritum
Latin
Etymology
From meritus, perfect passive participle of mereō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈme.ri.tum/, [ˈmɛrɪt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈme.ri.tum/, [ˈmɛːrit̪um]
Noun
meritum n (genitive meritī); second declension
- merit, service, deserts
- value, reward, benefit, kindness
- fault, blame, demerit
- 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, 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
- what a man merits at another's hands: meritum alicuius in or erga aliquem
Anagrams
- metimur
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin meritum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɛˈri.tum/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -itum
- Syllabification: me‧ri‧tum
Noun
meritum n
- 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
adjective
- merytoryczny
adverb
- merytorycznie
Further reading
- meritum in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- meritum in Polish dictionaries at PWN