meio

See also: meîo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *meiɣjō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃meyǵʰ-. Cognate with Latin mingō, Ancient Greek ὀμείχω (omeíkhō), Sanskrit मेहति (mehati), Old Norse míga, Tocharian B miśo.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmeː.i̯oː/, [ˈmeːi̯oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈme.jo/, [ˈmɛːjo]

Verb

mēiō (present infinitive mēiere, perfect active mixī, supine mictum); third conjugation, no passive

1. (vulgar) to urinate, piss

Conjugation

Conjugation of mēiō (third conjugation, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	mēiō	mēiis	mēiit	mēiimus	mēiitis	mēiunt
	imperfect	mēiēbam	mēiēbās	mēiēbat	mēiēbāmus	mēiēbātis	mēiēbant
	future	mēiam	mēiēs	mēiet	mēiēmus	mēiētis	mēient
	perfect	mixī	mixistī	mixit	miximus	mixistis	mixērunt, mixēre
	pluperfect	mixeram	mixerās	mixerat	mixerāmus	mixerātis	mixerant
	future perfect	mixerō	mixeris	mixerit	mixerimus	mixeritis	mixerint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	mēiam	mēiās	mēiat	mēiāmus	mēiātis	mēiant
	imperfect	mēierem	mēierēs	mēieret	mēierēmus	mēierētis	mēierent
	perfect	mixerim	mixerīs	mixerit	mixerīmus	mixerītis	mixerint
	pluperfect	mixissem	mixissēs	mixisset	mixissēmus	mixissētis	mixissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	mēie	—	—	mēiite	—
	future	—	mēiitō	mēiitō	—	mēiitōte	mēiuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		mēiere	mixisse	mictūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		mēiēns	—	mictūrus	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		mēiendī	mēiendō	mēiendum	mēiendō	mictum	mictū

Synonyms

• mingō

Derived terms

• caldum mēiere et frigidum pōtāre

Descendants

• Asturian: mexar
• Dalmatian: miur
• English: micturate
• Galician: mexar
• Portuguese: mijar
• Spanish: mear

References

• “meio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “meio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• meio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmej.u/ [ˈmeɪ̯.u]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmej.u/ [ˈmeɪ̯.u]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmej.o/ [ˈmeɪ̯.o]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐj.u/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐj.u/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmej.u/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmej.u/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈme.u/

• Rhymes: -eju, -ɐju
• Hyphenation: mei‧o

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese meio, meo, from Latin medius, from Proto-Italic *meðios, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between”). Compare the borrowed doublets médio and médium. Sense of "way" or "mean" from Latin medium.

Alternative forms

• meyo (obsolete)

Adjective

meio (feminine meia, masculine plural meios, feminine plural meias, not comparable)

1. half

Derived terms

• meia hora
• meia-noite
• meio-dia

 

Related terms

• meão
• mear

Adverb

meio

1. a little bit, somewhat

   Synonym: um pouco

   Estou meio cansado. ― I'm a little bit tired.

2. almost

Noun

meio m (plural meios)

1. middle, center
2. half

   Synonym: metade

3. way, mean (method by which something is done)
4. environment

   Synonym: ambiente

5. (in the plural) resources; means

Derived terms

• meio ambiente
• meio social

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

meio

1. first-person singular present indicative of mear