I.to take a mid-day nap or siesta: “jube, ad te veniam meridiatum,” Cat. 32, 3: “meridiari ante cibum,” Cels. 1, 2: “dum ea meridiaret,” Suet. Calig. 38: “inter acervos eorum meridiati sunt,” i. e. have taken their ease, Vulg. Job, 24, 11.
mĕrīdĭo , 1, v. n., and mĕrīdĭor , 1, v. dep. meridies,