meditor

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Derived terms

  • meditātiunculā
  • meditātōrium

Descendants

  • English: meditate
  • → French: méditer
  • 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.
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