meditor

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈme.di.tor/, [ˈmɛd̪ɪt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈme.di.tor/, [ˈmɛːd̪it̪or]

Verb

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

   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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		meditārī			—			meditāns			—
future		meditātūrum esse			—			meditātūrus			meditandus
perfect		meditātum esse			—			meditātus			—
future perfect		meditātum fore			—			—			—
perfect potential		meditātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		meditandī		meditandō		meditandum		meditandō		meditātum		meditātū

Synonyms

• (ponder, consider): cōgitō, concoquō, pēnsō, volvō
• (devise): concoquō

Derived terms

• commeditor
• meditābundus
• meditāmen
• meditāmentum
• meditātē
• meditātiō
• meditātīvus
• meditātor
• meditātus
• praemeditor

Related terms

• meditātiunculā
• meditātōrium

Descendants

• English: meditate
• → French: méditer
  • → Romanian: medita
• Hungarian: meditál
• Italian: meditare
• Portuguese: meditar
• Spanish: meditar

References

• “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.