meditor

Latin

Etymology

Frequentative of medeor (“to heal, to cure, to remedy”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈme.di.tor/, [ˈmɛd̪ɪt̪ɔr]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈme.di.tor/, [ˈmɛːd̪it̪or]

Verb

meditor (present infinitive meditārī, perfect active meditātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

  1. I think or reflect upon, consider, contemplate, ponder, meditate (upon); intend
  2. I plan, contrive, devise
  3. (by extension) I meditate, study, exercise myself in, practise or rehearse something

Conjugation
   Conjugation of meditor (first conjugation, deponent)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present meditor meditāris,
meditāre		 meditātur meditāmur meditāminī meditantur
imperfect meditābar meditābāris,
meditābāre		 meditābātur meditābāmur meditābāminī meditābantur
future meditābor meditāberis,
meditābere		 meditābitur meditābimur meditābiminī meditābuntur
perfect meditātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect meditātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect meditātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present mediter meditēris,
meditēre		 meditētur meditēmur meditēminī meditentur
imperfect meditārer meditārēris,
meditārēre		 meditārētur meditārēmur meditārēminī meditārentur
perfect meditātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect meditātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — meditāre — — meditāminī —
future — meditātor meditātor — — meditantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives meditārī meditātum esse meditātūrum esse — — —
participles meditāns meditātus meditātūrus — — meditandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
meditandī meditandō meditandum meditandō meditātum meditātū

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • meditātiunculā
  • meditātōrium

Descendants
  • English: meditate
  • → French: méditer
  • Hungarian: meditál
  • Portuguese: meditar
  • Spanish: meditar

References
  • “meditor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “meditor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • meditor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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