merito

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See also: mérito, meritó, and meritò

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Etymology

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meriti +‎ -o

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [meˈrito]
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  • Rhymes: -ito
  • Hyphenation: me‧ri‧to

Noun

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merito (accusative singular meriton, plural meritoj, accusative plural meritojn)

  1. merit, worth
    Li akiris meriton, servante la patrujon.
    He gained merit by serving the motherland.

Ido

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Noun

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merito (plural meriti)

  1. merit

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛ.ri.to/
  • Rhymes: -ɛrito
  • Hyphenation: mè‧ri‧to

Etymology 1

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From Latin meritus, perfect passive participle of mereō (to earn, deserve).

Adjective

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merito (feminine merita, masculine plural meriti, feminine plural merite) (obsolete, literary)

  1. deserved
  2. (rare) deserving, worthy
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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From Latin meritum (merit”, “deserts), from a noun use of the neuter form of meritus.

Alternative forms

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Noun

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merito m (plural meriti)

  1. merit
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Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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merito

  1. first-person singular present indicative of meritare

Anagrams

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Latin

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From the Old Latin meritod, mereto, meretod.

Adverb

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meritō (comparative meritius, superlative meritissimō)

  1. according to desert, deservedly, justly, justifiably
  2. with good reason, appropriately, correctly, properly, rightly, suitably, as a natural consequence

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Etymology 2

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mereō (I earn) +‎ -itō (suffix forming frequentative verbs)

Verb

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meritō (present infinitive meritāre, perfect active meritāvī, supine meritātum); first conjugation

  1. to earn a salary or regular wage
  2. to serve as a soldier in exchange for a salary
Conjugation
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   Conjugation of meritō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present meritō meritās meritat meritāmus meritātis meritant
imperfect meritābam meritābās meritābat meritābāmus meritābātis meritābant
future meritābō meritābis meritābit meritābimus meritābitis meritābunt
perfect meritāvī meritāvistī meritāvit meritāvimus meritāvistis meritāvērunt,
meritāvēre
pluperfect meritāveram meritāverās meritāverat meritāverāmus meritāverātis meritāverant
future perfect meritāverō meritāveris meritāverit meritāverimus meritāveritis meritāverint
passive present meritor meritāris,
meritāre
meritātur meritāmur meritāminī meritantur
imperfect meritābar meritābāris,
meritābāre
meritābātur meritābāmur meritābāminī meritābantur
future meritābor meritāberis,
meritābere
meritābitur meritābimur meritābiminī meritābuntur
perfect meritātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect meritātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect meritātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present meritem meritēs meritet meritēmus meritētis meritent
imperfect meritārem meritārēs meritāret meritārēmus meritārētis meritārent
perfect meritāverim meritāverīs meritāverit meritāverīmus meritāverītis meritāverint
pluperfect meritāvissem meritāvissēs meritāvisset meritāvissēmus meritāvissētis meritāvissent
passive present meriter meritēris,
meritēre
meritētur meritēmur meritēminī meritentur
imperfect meritārer meritārēris,
meritārēre
meritārētur meritārēmur meritārēminī meritārentur
perfect meritātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect meritātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present meritā meritāte
future meritātō meritātō meritātōte meritantō
passive present meritāre meritāminī
future meritātor meritātor meritantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives meritāre meritāvisse meritātūrum esse meritārī meritātum esse meritātum īrī
participles meritāns meritātūrus meritātus meritandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
meritandī meritandō meritandum meritandō meritātum meritātū
Descendants
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References

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  • mĕrĭto²”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • merito”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • 2 mĕrĭto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette:970/2
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) I had not deserved it: nullo meo merito
    • (ambiguous) according to a man's deserts: ex, pro merito
    • (ambiguous) quite rightly: et recte (iure, merito)
  • meritō²” on page 1,103/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Etymology 3

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Regularly declined forms of meritus.

Participle

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meritō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of meritus

Etymology 4

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Noun

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meritō n

  1. dative/ablative singular of meritum (merit)

Anagrams

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Spanish

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Verb

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merito

  1. first-person singular present indicative of meritar