meritorius
Latin
Etymology
From meritus (“deserving, deserved”) + -tōrius, from the perfect passive participle of mereō (“deserve, merit”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [mɛ.rɪˈtoː.ri.ʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [me.riˈt̪ɔː.ri.us]
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.
| 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
- (antonym(s) of “meritorious”): immeritōrius
Derived terms
Related terms
- immerēns
- immerenter
- immeritō
- immeritus
- merenda
- merendārius
- merendō
- merēns
- mereō
- meretrīcābilis
- meretrīciē
- meretrīcius
- meretrīcor
- meretrīcula
- meretrīx
- meritō
- meritum
- meritus
Descendants
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.