LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

pōmerīdiānus

pōmerīdiānus (feminine pōmerīdiāna, neuter pōmerīdiānum)
Classical[poː.mɛ.riː.diˈaː.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[po.me.ri.diˈaː.nus]

Meaning

  1. adjectivepostmeridian, related to afternoon

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativepōmerīdiānuspōmerīdiānapōmerīdiānum
genitivepōmerīdiānīpōmerīdiānaepōmerīdiānī
dativepōmerīdiānōpōmerīdiānaepōmerīdiānō
accusativepōmerīdiānumpōmerīdiānampōmerīdiānum
ablativepōmerīdiānōpōmerīdiānāpōmerīdiānō
vocativepōmerīdiānepōmerīdiānapōmerīdiānum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativepōmerīdiānīpōmerīdiānaepōmerīdiāna
genitivepōmerīdiānōrumpōmerīdiānārumpōmerīdiānōrum
dativepōmerīdiānīspōmerīdiānīspōmerīdiānīs
accusativepōmerīdiānōspōmerīdiānāspōmerīdiāna
ablativepōmerīdiānīspōmerīdiānīspōmerīdiānīs
vocativepōmerīdiānīpōmerīdiānaepōmerīdiāna

pōmĕrīdĭānus (postm-), a, um, adj. post-meridianus,
I. in the afternoon, post-meridian: impetratum est a consuetudine, ut peccare suavitatis causā liceret, et pomeridianus quadrigas quam postmeridianus libentius dixerim, Cic. Or. 47, 157: pomeridianum tempus, id. de Or. 3, 5, 17; also: postmeridianum tempus, id. Tusc. 3, 3, 7: dies, Sen. Ep. 7, 3, 1: horae, Suet. Gram. 24: gnomonis umbra, Vitr. 1, 6: pomeridiana sessio (opp. ambulatio antemeridiana), Cic. de Or. 3, 30, 121: litterae, id. Att. 12, 53 fin.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pós
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pósti
  3. Proto-Italic*posti
  4. Old Latinposte
  5. Latinpōmerīdiānus

Latin post- Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Italic *meðios Latin medius 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 pōmerīdiānus From post- (“after”) + merīdiēs (“midday”) + -ānus (adjective-forming suffix).

Descendants
  • Englishpostmeridian

In English words that came into English from pōmerīdiānus

  • pomeridianpōmerīdiānus

Quick answers

What does pōmerīdiānus mean in Latin?
pōmerīdiānus, a adjective, means “postmeridian, related to afternoon”.
How do you pronounce pōmerīdiānus?
In classical Latin, [poː.mɛ.riː.diˈaː.nʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [po.me.ri.diˈaː.nus].
Where does pōmerīdiānus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *pós → Proto-Indo-European *pósti → Proto-Italic *posti → Old Latin poste → Latin pōmerīdiānus.