meritorius

Latin

Etymology

From meritus (deserving, deserved) + -tōrius, from the perfect passive participle of mereō (deserve, merit).

Pronunciation

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.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative meritōrius meritōria meritōrium meritōriī meritōriae meritōria
Genitive meritōriī meritōriae meritōriī meritōriōrum meritōriārum meritōriōrum
Dative meritōriō meritōriō meritōriīs
Accusative meritōrium meritōriam meritōrium meritōriōs meritōriās meritōria
Ablative meritōriō meritōriā meritōriō meritōriīs
Vocative meritōrie meritōria meritōrium meritōriī meritōriae meritōria

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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.
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