immeritorius

Latin

Etymology

From in- (“not”) +‎ meritōrius (“worthy or deserving of merit”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪm.mɛ.rɪˈtoː.ri.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [im.me.riˈtɔː.ri.us]

Adjective

immeritōrius (feminine immeritōria, neuter immeritōrium); first/second-declension adjective

1. not meritorious, unworthy or undeserving of merit, unpaid, immeritorious
   • c. 1402-1471, Dionysius Carthusianus, Dialogon de fide catholica, 3.11

     nullum autem opus virtuosum esse potest immeritorium quia nullum bonum irremuneratum

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	immeritōrius	immeritōria	immeritōrium		immeritōriī	immeritōriae	immeritōria
genitive	immeritōriī	immeritōriae	immeritōriī		immeritōriōrum	immeritōriārum	immeritōriōrum
dative	immeritōriō	immeritōriae	immeritōriō		immeritōriīs
accusative	immeritōrium	immeritōriam	immeritōrium		immeritōriōs	immeritōriās	immeritōria
ablative	immeritōriō	immeritōriā	immeritōriō		immeritōriīs
vocative	immeritōrie	immeritōria	immeritōrium		immeritōriī	immeritōriae	immeritōria

Related terms

• immerēns
• immerenter
• immeritō
• immeritus
• merenda
• merendārius
• merendō
• merēns
• mereō
• meretrīcābilis
• meretrīciē
• meretrīcius
• meretrīcor
• meretrīcula
• meretrīx
• meritō
• meritōrius
• meritum
• meritus

References

• “immeritorius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• immeritorius in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016