meridiatio

ἀλλ' οὐκ οἰωνοῖσιν ἐρύσσατο κῆρα μέλαιναν → by no augury could he ward off black death

Latin > English

meridiatio meridiationis N F :: midday nap, siesta

mĕrīdĭātĭo: ōnis, f. meridio,
I a midday nap, siesta (class.): et lucubrationes detraxi, et meridiationes addidi, Cic. Div. 2, 68, 142.

mĕrīdĭātĭō, ōnis, f. (meridio), méridienne, sieste : Cic. Div. 2, 142.

merīdiātio, ōnis, f. (meridio), die Mittagsruhe, das Mittagsschläfchen, Plur. (Ggstz. lucubrationes) b. Cic. de div. 2, 142.