meritorius
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From meritus (“deserving, deserved”) + -tōrius, from the perfect passive participle of mereō (“deserve, merit”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /me.riˈtoː.ri.us/, [mɛrɪˈt̪oːriʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /me.riˈto.ri.us/, [meriˈt̪ɔːrius]
Adjective
[edit]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
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | meritōrius | meritōria | meritōrium | meritōriī | meritōriae | meritōria | |
| genitive | meritōriī | meritōriae | meritōriī | meritōriōrum | meritōriārum | meritōriōrum | |
| dative | meritōriō | meritōriae | meritōriō | meritōriīs | |||
| accusative | meritōrium | meritōriam | meritōrium | meritōriōs | meritōriās | meritōria | |
| ablative | meritōriō | meritōriā | meritōriō | meritōriīs | |||
| vocative | meritōrie | meritōria | meritōrium | meritōriī | meritōriae | meritōria | |
Antonyms
[edit]- (antonym(s) of “meritorious”): immeritōrius
Derived terms
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[edit]References
[edit]- “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.