immeritus

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From in- (“not”) +‎ meritus (“merited, earned, deserved”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

immeritus (feminine immerita, neuter immeritum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. unmerited, unearned, undeserved

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative immeritus immerita immeritum immeritī immeritae immerita
Genitive immeritī immeritae immeritī immeritōrum immeritārum immeritōrum
Dative immeritō immeritō immeritīs
Accusative immeritum immeritam immeritum immeritōs immeritās immerita
Ablative immeritō immeritā immeritō immeritīs
Vocative immerite immerita immeritum immeritī immeritae immerita

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Spanish: inmérito

References

  • “immeritus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “immeritus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • immeritus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) and rightly too: neque immerito (iniuria)
    • (ambiguous) and rightly too: neque id immerito (iniuria)
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