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