Latin

Noun

meritum n ‎(genitive meritī); second declension

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

Inflection

Second declension.

Related terms

• mereō
• meritus
• meritō

Descendants

References

• 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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “meritum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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