LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

merīdiānus

merīdiānus (feminine merīdiāna, neuter merīdiānum)
Classical[mɛ.riː.diˈaː.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[me.ri.diˈaː.nus]

Meaning

  1. adjectiverelationalmidday, noon
  2. adjectivesouthern

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativemerīdiānusmerīdiānamerīdiānum
genitivemerīdiānīmerīdiānaemerīdiānī
dativemerīdiānōmerīdiānaemerīdiānō
accusativemerīdiānummerīdiānammerīdiānum
ablativemerīdiānōmerīdiānāmerīdiānō
vocativemerīdiānemerīdiānamerīdiānum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativemerīdiānīmerīdiānaemerīdiāna
genitivemerīdiānōrummerīdiānārummerīdiānōrum
dativemerīdiānīsmerīdiānīsmerīdiānīs
accusativemerīdiānōsmerīdiānāsmerīdiāna
ablativemerīdiānīsmerīdiānīsmerīdiānīs
vocativemerīdiānīmerīdiānaemerīdiāna

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

tempus matutīnum, meridianum, vespertinum, nocturnum
morning, noon, evening, night.

mĕrīdĭānus, a, um, adj. id.,
I. of or belonging to mid-day, mid-day-.
I. (Class.) Tempus, mid-day, noon, Cic. de Or. 3, 5, 17: sol, Plin. 12, 19, 42, § 86: somnus, id. Ep. 9, 40, 2; Lact. 2, 9, 9.—Hence, as subst.: mĕ-rīdĭāni, sc. gladiatores, mid-day combatants, gladiators who fought at mid-day, Suet. Claud. 34.—In abl. adv.: mĕrīdĭā-nō, sc. tempore, at mid-day, Plin. 2, 26, 25, § 96; 9, 8, 8, § 25.—
II. Transf., of or belonging to the south or south side, southern, southerly, meridional: ager spectat ad meridianam caeli partem, Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 1: pars orbis, opp. septentrionalis, id. ib. 1, 2, 4: plaga, Plin. 2, 11, 8, § 50; Lact. 2, 9: orbis, Plin. 13, 4, 9, § 42: circulus, the equator, Sen. Q. N. 5, 17: latus tabernaculi, Vulg. Exod. 26, 35.—Subst.: mĕrīdĭānum, i, n., the south, Vell. 2, 126, 3; Vulg. Eccli. 34, 19; id. Act. 8, 26.—mĕrīdĭāna, ōrum, n., southern places or parts: in meridianis Indiae, Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 24.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*me
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*médʰi
  4. Proto-Indo-European*médʰyos
  5. Proto-Italic*meðios
  6. Latinmerīdiānus

Proto-Indo-European *dyew- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws Proto-Italic *djous Latin diēs Latin medīdiēs Latin merīdiēs Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin merīdiānus From merīdiēs (“midday”) + -ānus.

Descendants
  • Catalanmeridià
  • Englishmeridian
  • Frenchméridien
  • Romanianmeridianfrom French méridien
  • Italianmeridiano
  • Portuguesemeridiano
  • Spanishmeridiano

In English words that came into English from merīdiānus

  • meridianmerīdiānum

Quick answers

What does merīdiānus mean in Latin?
merīdiānus, a adjective, means “midday, noon; southern”.
How do you pronounce merīdiānus?
In classical Latin, [mɛ.riː.diˈaː.nʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [me.ri.diˈaː.nus].
Where does merīdiānus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *me → Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? → Proto-Indo-European *médʰi → Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos → Proto-Italic *meðios → Latin merīdiānus.