meditor

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Latin

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Etymology

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Frequentative of medeor (to heal, to cure, to remedy).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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meditor (present infinitive meditārī, perfect active meditātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

  1. to think or reflect upon, consider, contemplate, ponder, meditate (upon); intend
  2. to plan, contrive, devise
  3. (by extension) to meditate, study, exercise oneself in, practise or rehearse something

Conjugation

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   Conjugation of meditor (first conjugation, deponent)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present meditor meditāris,
meditāre
meditātur meditāmur meditāminī meditantur
imperfect meditābar meditābāris,
meditābāre
meditābātur meditābāmur meditābāminī meditābantur
future meditābor meditāberis,
meditābere
meditābitur meditābimur meditābiminī meditābuntur
perfect meditātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect meditātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect meditātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present mediter meditēris,
meditēre
meditētur meditēmur meditēminī meditentur
imperfect meditārer meditārēris,
meditārēre
meditārētur meditārēmur meditārēminī meditārentur
perfect meditātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect meditātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present meditāre meditāminī
future meditātor meditātor meditantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives meditārī meditātum esse meditātūrum esse
participles meditāns meditātus meditātūrus meditandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
meditandī meditandō meditandum meditandō meditātum meditātū

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • English: meditate
  • French: méditer
  • Hungarian: meditál
  • Portuguese: meditar
  • Spanish: meditar

References

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  • meditor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • meditor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • meditor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.