méritum

méritum, -i n.

noun, 2nd declension

mé-ri-tum · /ˈmɛ.ri.tum/

merit, desert, worth

The noun of meréri — to deserve.

in English merit, meritocracy

in the texts

Aufer a nobis mérita

Communicántes méritis

Nobis quoque peccatóribus mériti

external dictionary: Logeion