antemeridianus

== Latin == === Etymology === From ante- (“before”) +‎ merīdiēs (“midday”) +‎ -ānus (adjective-forming suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [an.tɛ.mɛ.riː.diˈaː.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [an.te.me.ri.diˈaː.nus] === Adjective === antemerīdiānus (feminine antemerīdiāna, neuter antemerīdiānum); first/second-declension adjective before noon, in the morning ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Antonyms ==== pōmerīdiānus === References === “antemeridianus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “antemeridianus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers