meridionalis

Latin

Etymology

From merīdiēs (“noon, south”), modeled after septentriōnālis, as if from *merīdiō, -ōnis + -ālis. Later on, Italian indeed brought this hypothetical form to life as meridione.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /me.riː.di.oːˈnaː.lis/, [mɛriːd̪ioːˈnäːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /me.ri.di.oˈna.lis/, [merid̪ioˈnäːlis]

Adjective

merīdiōnālis (neuter merīdiōnāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. southern

   Synonyms: austrālis, austrīnus, merīdiānus

   Antonyms: boreālis, septentriōnālis

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	merīdiōnālis	merīdiōnāle		merīdiōnālēs	merīdiōnālia
Genitive	merīdiōnālis			merīdiōnālium
Dative	merīdiōnālī			merīdiōnālibus
Accusative	merīdiōnālem	merīdiōnāle		merīdiōnālēs merīdiōnālīs	merīdiōnālia
Ablative	merīdiōnālī			merīdiōnālibus
Vocative	merīdiōnālis	merīdiōnāle		merīdiōnālēs	merīdiōnālia

Descendants

• → Catalan: meridional
• → English: meridional
• → French: méridional
• → Italian: meridionale
• → Portuguese: meridional
• → Romanian: meridional
• → Spanish: meridional

References

• “meridionalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• meridionalis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.