Esperanto

Verb

meritus

1. conditional of meriti

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of mereō ‎(“earn, deserve, merit”).

Participle

meritus m ‎(feminine merita, neuter meritum); first/second declension

1. earned, deserved, obtained, due, proper, right, having been earned
2. deserving, meritorious

Inflection

First/second declension.

Derived terms

• meritō

Descendants

• Italian: merito

References

• meritus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• meritus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• MERITUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “meritus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to show gratitude (in one's acts): gratiam alicui referre (meritam, debitam) pro aliqua re
    
  • (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)