meridianus

Latin

Etymology

From merīdiēs (“midday”) +‎ -ānus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /me.riː.diˈaː.nus/, [mɛriːd̪iˈäːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /me.ri.diˈa.nus/, [merid̪iˈäːnus]

Adjective

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

1. (relational) midday, noon
2. southern

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	merīdiānus	merīdiāna	merīdiānum		merīdiānī	merīdiānae	merīdiāna
Genitive	merīdiānī	merīdiānae	merīdiānī		merīdiānōrum	merīdiānārum	merīdiānōrum
Dative	merīdiānō		merīdiānō		merīdiānīs
Accusative	merīdiānum	merīdiānam	merīdiānum		merīdiānōs	merīdiānās	merīdiāna
Ablative	merīdiānō	merīdiānā	merīdiānō		merīdiānīs
Vocative	merīdiāne	merīdiāna	merīdiānum		merīdiānī	merīdiānae	merīdiāna

Derived terms

• Carolīna Merīdiāna

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