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merito

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See also: mérito, meritó, and meritò

Esperanto

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Etymology

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Esperanto meriti
Esperanto -o
Esperanto merito

    From meriti + -o.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /meˈrito/
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    • Rhymes: -ito
    • Syllabification: 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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    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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    Inherited from Old Latin meritōd, meretō, meretōd, an adverbial ablative from meritum (“merit”). Cognate with Faliscan 𐌌𐌄𐌓𐌄𐌕𐌏 (mereto).

    Adverb

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    meritō (superlative meritissimō)

    1. according to desert, deservedly, justly, justifiably, worthily, fitly
    2. with good reason, appropriately, correctly, properly, rightly, suitably, as a natural consequence
    3. (Epigraphic Latin) (in votive offerings, often with libēns, abbreviated to L⸱M)
      • Latin Inscriptions, Orelli 4918:
        AESCULAPIO
        ET⸱YGIAE
        DOMINIS
        P(VBLIVS)⸱AELIVS
        PHILETVS
        V(OTVM)⸱S(OLVIT)⸱L(AETVS)⸱L(IBENS)⸱M(ERITO)
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)

    Etymology 2

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    Etymology tree
    Latin mereō
    Proto-Indo-European *-tós
    Proto-Italic *-tos
    Latin -tus
    Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
    Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
    Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
    Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
    Proto-Italic *-āō
    Latin -ō
    Latin -tō
    Latin meritō

      From mereō (“to earn”) + -tō (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 infinitive participle
      active passive active passive
      present meritāre meritārī meritāns —
      future meritātūrum esse meritātum īrī meritātūrus meritandus
      perfect meritāvisse meritātum esse — meritātus
      future perfect — meritātum fore — —
      perfect potential meritātūrum fuisse — — —
      verbal nouns gerund supine
      genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
      meritandī meritandō meritandum meritandō meritātum meritātū
      Descendants
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      Etymology 3

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      See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

      Participle

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      meritō

      1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of meritus

      Etymology 4

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      See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

      Noun

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      meritō n

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

      References

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      • “mĕrĭtō 1”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
      • “mĕrĭtō 1”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “970/2”
      • “meritō 1” on page 1,103 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
      • “mĕrĭto 2”, 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
      • “mĕrĭto 2”, 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)
      • “meritō 2” on page 1,103/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
      • merito, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

      Anagrams

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      Spanish

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      Verb

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      merito

      1. first-person singular present indicative of meritar
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