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

1. 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

• immeritōrius
• meritōrium

Related terms

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

Descendants

• Catalan: meritori
• English: meritorious
• French: méritoire
• Italian: meritorio
• Portuguese: meritório
• Romanian: meritoriu
• Spanish: meritorio

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.