meridio
Appearance
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /meˈriː.di.oː/, [mɛˈriːd̪ioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /meˈri.di.o/, [meˈriːd̪io]
Verb
[edit]merīdiō (present infinitive merīdiāre, perfect active merīdiāvī, supine merīdiātum); first conjugation
- to take a siesta (mid-day nap)
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of merīdiō (first conjugation)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Aromanian: amiridz, amiridzari
- Italian: meriare, meriggiare
- Romanian: meriza, merizare
- Spanish: amarizar
- → Albanian: mërzej
References
[edit]- “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.