merito

See also: mérito, meritó, and meritò

Esperanto

Etymology

meriti +‎ -o

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [meˈrito]

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• Rhymes: -ito
• Hyphenation: me‧ri‧to

Noun

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

Noun

merito (plural meriti)

1. merit

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

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

1. deserved
2. (rare) deserving, worthy

Derived terms

• meritamente

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

• merto (poetic)

Noun

merito m (plural meriti)

1. merit

Related terms

• in merito a
• meritamente
• meritare
• meritevole
• meritocrazia
• meritorio

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

merito

1. first-person singular present indicative of meritare

Anagrams

• Ermito, Retimo, mirteo, mitreo, morite, remoti, romite, timore

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈme.ri.toː/, [ˈmɛrɪt̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈme.ri.to/, [ˈmɛːrit̪o]

Etymology 1

From the Old Latin meritod, mereto, meretod.

Adverb

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

References

• “mĕrĭtō¹”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• 1 mĕrĭtō in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “970/2”
• “meritō¹” on page 1,103 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Etymology 2

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

Verb

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

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

• → Corsican: mirità, merità
• → French: mériter
• → Friulian: mertâ
• → Italian: meritare
• → Occitan: meritar, ameritar
• → Piedmontese: merité
• → Romansch: meritar, maritar, miritar, meriter
• → Sardinian: meritai, meritare
• → Sicilian: miritari
• Spanish: meritar
• → Venetan: meritar

References

• “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

Regularly declined forms of meritus.

Participle

meritō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of meritus

Etymology 4

Noun

meritō n

1. dative/ablative singular of meritum (“merit”)

Anagrams

• metior

Spanish

Verb

merito

1. first-person singular present indicative of meritar