Latin

Noun

merīdiēs m ‎(genitive merīdiēī); fifth declension

1. midday, noon
2. south

Inflection

Fifth declension.

Synonyms

• (south wind): auster

Antonyms

• (north wind): boreās, septentriō

Derived terms

Related terms

• diēs

Descendants

• Aromanian: amiridz
• English: a.m., p.m.
• French: midi
• Italian: meridie, meriggio
• Portuguese: merídio
• Romanian: meriză

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)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “meridies”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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