I.mid-day, noon.
I. Lit.: “meridies ab eo, quod medius dies,” Varr. L. L. 6, § 4 Müll.: “ipsum meridiem cur non medidiem? credo, quod erat insuavius,” Cic. Or. 47, 158; Quint. 1, 6, 30; Prisc. p. 551 P.: “circiter meridiem,” Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 52: “ante meridiem, post meridiem,” Cic. Tusc. 2, 3, 9: “diem diffindere insiticio somno meridie,” to take a nap at noon, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 5: “inclamare horam esse tertiam, itemque meridiem,” Varr. L. L. 6, § 89 Müll.—
II. Transf.
A. The south: “inflectens sol cursum tum ad septentriones, tum ad meridiem,” Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49: “a meridie Aegyptus objacet, ab occasu Phoenices,” Tac. H. 5, 6.—
B. In gen., the middle of a given time (ante- and postclass.): noctis circiter meridiem, Varr. ap. Non. 451, 9: “actatis,” Non. ib. 14.
