meridianus

Latin

Etymology

From merīdiēs (“midday”) +‎ -ānus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

merīdiānus (feminine merīdiāna, neuter merīdiānum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (relational) midday, noon
  2. southern

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative merīdiānus merīdiāna merīdiānum merīdiānī merīdiānae merīdiāna
genitive merīdiānī merīdiānae merīdiānī merīdiānōrum merīdiānārum merīdiānōrum
dative merīdiānō merīdiānae merīdiānō merīdiānīs
accusative merīdiānum merīdiānam merīdiānum merīdiānōs merīdiānās merīdiāna
ablative merīdiānō merīdiānā merīdiānō merīdiānīs
vocative merīdiāne merīdiāna merīdiānum merīdiānī merīdiānae merīdiāna

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Catalan: meridià
  • English: meridian
  • French: méridien
  • Italian: meridiano
  • Portuguese: meridiano
  • Romanian: meridian
  • Spanish: meridiano

References

  • “meridianus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “meridianus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • meridianus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • morning, noon, evening, night: tempus matutīnum, meridianum, vespertinum, nocturnum
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