meridies

Latin

Etymology

From a dissimilation of earlier *medīdiēs, derived from medius (“middle”) + diēs (“day”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /meˈriː.di.eːs/, [mɛˈriː.di.eːs]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /meˈri.di.es/, [meˈriː.di.es]

Noun

merīdiēs m (genitive merīdiēī); fifth declension

  1. midday, noon
  2. south

Inflection

Fifth declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative merīdiēs merīdiēs
Genitive merīdiēī merīdiērum
Dative merīdiēī merīdiēbus
Accusative merīdiem merīdiēs
Ablative merīdiē merīdiēbus
Vocative merīdiēs merīdiēs

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References
  • meridies in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • meridies in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • meridies in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • meridies in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to lie to the east, west, south, north: spectare in (vergere ad) orientem (solem), occidentem (solem), ad meridiem, in septentriones
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