meritum

From meritus, perfect passive participle of mereō.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈme.ri.tum/, [ˈmɛrɪt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈme.ri.tum/, [ˈmɛːrit̪um]

meritum n (genitive meritī); second declension

1. merit, service, deserts
2. value, reward, benefit, kindness
3. fault, blame, demerit
4. grounds, reason

Second-declension noun (neuter).

• mereō
• meritus
• meritō

• “meritum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “meritum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• meritum 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)
• meritum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • what a man merits at another's hands: meritum alicuius in or erga aliquem
    
  • to reward a man according to his deserts: meritum praemium alicui persolvere
    

• metimur

Borrowed from Latin meritum.

• IPA^(key): /mɛˈri.tum/

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• Rhymes: -itum
• Syllabification: me‧ri‧tum

meritum n

1. substance, essence, gist, crux

   Synonyms: istota, sedno

• meritum in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• meritum in Polish dictionaries at PWN