take a nap

Short sleep, usually in day time

Related terms: nap

meridiāre, meridiō, meridiāvī,meridiātum

Verb [Cite]

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /me.ri.diˈaː.re/, [mɛrɪd̪iˈäːrɛ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /me.ri.diˈa.re/, [merid̪iˈäːre]

Meaning:

(intr.) to sleep at midday

Conjugation

Conjugation/Inflection (third conjugation iō-variant)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	meridiō	meridis	meridit	meridimus	meriditis	meridiunt
	imperfect	meridiēbam	meridiēbās	meridiēbat	meridiēbāmus	meridiēbātis	meridiēbant
	future	meridiam	meridiēs	meridiet	meridiēmus	meridiētis	meridient
	perfect	meridiāvīī	meridiāvīistī	meridiāvīit	meridiāvīimus	meridiāvīistis	meridiāvīērunt, meridiāvīēre
	pluperfect	meridiāvīeram	meridiāvīerās	meridiāvīerat	meridiāvīerāmus	meridiāvīerātis	meridiāvīerant
	future perfect	meridiāvīerō	meridiāvīeris	meridiāvīerit	meridiāvīerimus	meridiāvīeritis	meridiāvīerint
passive	present	meridior	merideris, meridere	meriditur	meridimur	meridiminī	meridiuntur
	imperfect	meridiēbar	meridiēbāris, meridiēbāre	meridiēbātur	meridiēbāmur	meridiēbāminī	meridiēbantur
	future	meridiar	meridiēris, meridiēre	meridiētur	meridiēmur	meridiēminī	meridientur
	perfect	meridiātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	meridiātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	meridiātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	meridiam	meridiās	meridiat	meridiāmus	meridiātis	meridiant
	imperfect	meriderem	meriderēs	merideret	meriderēmus	meriderētis	meriderent
	perfect	meridiāvīerim	meridiāvīerīs	meridiāvīerit	meridiāvīerīmus	meridiāvīerītis	meridiāvīerint
	pluperfect	meridiāvīissem	meridiāvīissēs	meridiāvīisset	meridiāvīissēmus	meridiāvīissētis	meridiāvīissent
passive	present	meridiar	meridiāris, meridiāre	meridiātur	meridiāmur	meridiāminī	meridiantur
	imperfect	meriderer	meriderēris, meriderēre	meriderētur	meriderēmur	meriderēminī	meriderentur
	perfect	meridiātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	meridiātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	meride	—	—	meridite	—
	future	—	meriditō	meriditō	—	meriditōte	meridiuntō
passive	present	—	meridere	—	—	meridiminī	—
	future	—	meriditor	meriditor	—	—	meridiuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		meridere	meridiāvīisse	meridiātūrum esse	meridī	meridiātum	meridiātum īrī
participles		meridiēns	—	meridiātūrus	—	meridiātus	meridiendus, meridiundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		meridiendī	meridiendō	meridiendum	meridiendō	meridiātum	meridiātū

Etymology:

From merīdiēs

References:

• "meridare". In: Pons, Pons Langenscheidt GmbH, visited on 02.03.2023‎

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