meridio
Latin
Etymology
From merīdiēs.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /meˈriː.di.oː/, [mɛˈriːd̪ioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /meˈri.di.o/, [meˈriːd̪io]
Verb
merīdiō (present infinitive merīdiāre, perfect active merīdiāvī, supine merīdiātum); first conjugation
- I take a siesta (mid-day nap)
Conjugation
Derived terms
Descendants
- Albanian: mërzej
- Aromanian: amiridz, amiridzari
- Italian: meriare, meriggiare
- Romanian: meriza, merizare
- Spanish: amarizar
References
- “meridio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “meridio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- meridio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.