meridionalis

Latin

Etymology

From merīdiēs (“south”) +‎ -ālis.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /me.riː.di.oːˈnaː.lis/, [mɛriːd̪ioːˈnäːlʲɪs̠]

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /me.ri.di.oˈna.lis/, [merid̪ioˈnäːlis]

Adjective

merīdiōnālis (neuter merīdiōnāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. southern

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	merīdiōnālis	merīdiōnāle		merīdiōnālēs	merīdiōnālia
Genitive	merīdiōnālis			merīdiōnālium
Dative	merīdiōnālī			merīdiōnālibus
Accusative	merīdiōnālem	merīdiōnāle		merīdiōnālēs merīdiōnālīs	merīdiōnālia
Ablative	merīdiōnālī			merīdiōnālibus
Vocative	merīdiōnālis	merīdiōnāle		merīdiōnālēs	merīdiōnālia

Synonyms

• (southern): austrālis, austrīnus

Antonyms

• (southern): boreālis, septentriōnālis

Related terms

• merīdiēs

Descendants

• Catalan: meridional
• English: meridional
• French: méridional
• Italian: meridionale

• Portuguese: meridional
• Romanian: meridional
• Spanish: meridional

References

• “meridionalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• meridionalis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.