meridionalis

== Latin == === Etymology === 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 === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [mɛ.riː.di.oːˈnaː.lɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [me.ri.di.oˈnaː.lis] === Adjective === merīdiōnālis (neuter merīdiōnāle); third-declension two-termination adjective southern Synonyms: austrālis, austrīnus, merīdiānus Antonyms: boreālis, septentriōnālis ==== Declension ==== Third-declension two-termination adjective. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “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.