The corpus record — Latin

meio

meio · v. n

to make water

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Carmina 1 · 0.78/10k
Satyrarum libri 1 · 0.7/10k
Epigrammata 3 · 0.53/10k
Apologia 1 · 0.47/10k
Saturae 1 · 0.4/10k
Satyricon 1 · 0.33/10k

What it meant

1. mēio — Lewis & Short

mēio, ĕre, v. n.for migio, kindred with Sanscr. mih, effundere; whence also mingo; cf. Gr. o)mixe/w, o)mi/xlh,

I to make water: sacer est locus, extra Meiite, Pers. 1, 114: HOSPES AD HVNC TVMVLVM NE MEIAS, Inscr. Orell. 4781: mala meiens, Cat. 97, 8; cf. Juv. 1, 131. —Transf., of a vessel, Mart. 12, 32, 13.—In a double sense: ditior aut formae melioris meiat eodem, Hor. S. 2, 7, 52.—Prov.: caldum meiere et frigidum potare, i. e. to give more than one receives, Petr. 67, 10.

2. meiö — Walde–Hofmann

meiö (d.i. *mejjó), mixi, mictum, -ere „harne, pisse* (seit Catull, rom. [meiäre wie schon vlt.; nach cacäre wie späteres siäre „harnen“, vgl. Solmsen IF. 31,469, Heraeus Kl. Schr. 175], ebenso Sup. mictum]; mictiö, -Onis „Harnen“ seit Chiron, ebenso mictus, -üs ds. [mictum *otpnoig GL], mictitö, -Are „harne wiederholt“ Prisc., mictorius, -a, -um ,harntreibend* Cael. Aur., ebenso mictuälis, -e ds. (vgl. eictualis … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. meiö, p. 966]

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. meio (scan p. 418; entry #6694).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. meiö (scan pp. 966-967; entry #1738). Root candidates: *meijh-, *meigh-.

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