meridionalis
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /me.riː.di.oːˈnaː.lis/, [mɛriːd̪ioːˈnäːlʲɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /me.ri.di.oˈna.lis/, [merid̪ioˈnäːlis]
Adjective[edit]
merīdiōnālis (neuter merīdiōnāle); third-declension two-termination adjective
- southern
- Synonyms: austrālis, austrīnus, merīdiānus
- Antonyms: boreālis, septentriōnālis
Declension[edit]
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[edit]
- → Catalan: meridional
- → English: meridional
- → French: méridional
- → Italian: meridionale
- → Portuguese: meridional
- → Romanian: meridional
- → Spanish: meridional
References[edit]
- “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.