mĕrīdĭānus — Lewis & Short
mĕrīdĭānus, a, um, adj.id.,
I of or belonging to mid-day, mid-day-.
I (Class.) Tempus, mid-day, noon, Cic. de Or. 3, 5, 17:
sol,Plin. 12, 19, 42, § 86:
somnus,id. Ep. 9, 40, 2; Lact. 2, 9, 9.—Hence, as subst.: mĕ-rīdĭāni, sc. gladiatores, mid-day combatants, gladiators who fought at mid-day, Suet. Claud. 34.—In abl. adv.: mĕrīdĭā-nō, sc. tempore, at mid-day, Plin. 2, 26, 25, § 96; 9, 8, 8, § 25.—
II Transf., of or belonging to the south or south side, southern, southerly, meridional:
ager spectat ad meridianam caeli partem,Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 1:
pars orbis, opp. septentrionalis,id. ib. 1, 2, 4:
plaga,Plin. 2, 11, 8, § 50; Lact. 2, 9:
orbis,Plin. 13, 4, 9, § 42:
circulus,the equator, Sen. Q. N. 5, 17:
latus tabernaculi,Vulg. Exod. 26, 35.—Subst.: mĕrīdĭānum, i, n., the south, Vell. 2, 126, 3; Vulg. Eccli. 34, 19; id. Act. 8, 26.—mĕrīdĭāna, ōrum, n., southern places or parts:
in meridianis Indiae,Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 24.