meio
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *meiɣjō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃meyǵʰ-. Cognate with Latin mingō, Ancient Greek ὀμείχω (omeíkhō), Sanskrit मेहति (mehati), Old Norse míga, Tocharian B miśo.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmeːj.joː/
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmej.jo/
Verb
mēiō (present infinitive mēiere, perfect active mixī, supine mictum); third conjugation iō-variant
- (vulgar) I urinate, piss.
Inflection
| Conjugation of meio (third conjugation, active only) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | mēiō | mēiis | mēiit | mēiimus | mēiitis | mēiunt |
| imperfect | mēiēbam | mēiēbās | mēiēbat | mēiēbāmus | mēiēbātis | mēiēbant | |
| future | mēiam | mēiēs | mēiet | mēiēmus | mēiētis | mēient | |
| perfect | mixī | mixistī | mixit | miximus | mixistis | mixērunt, mixēre | |
| pluperfect | mixeram | mixerās | mixerat | mixerāmus | mixerātis | mixerant | |
| future perfect | mixerō | mixeris | mixerit | mixerimus | mixeritis | mixerint | |
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | mēiam | mēiās | mēiat | mēiāmus | mēiātis | mēiant |
| imperfect | mēierem | mēierēs | mēieret | mēierēmus | mēierētis | mēierent | |
| perfect | mixerim | mixerīs | mixerit | mixerimus | mixeritis | mixerint | |
| pluperfect | mixissem | mixissēs | mixisset | mixissēmus | mixissētis | mixissent | |
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | mēie | — | — | mēiite | — |
| future | — | mēiitō | mēiitō | — | mēiitōte | mēiuntō | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | mēiere | mixisse | mictūrus esse | — | — | — | |
| participles | mēiēns | — | mictūrus | — | — | — | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
| mēiere | mēiendī | mēiendō | mēiendum | mictum | mictū | ||
Synonyms
- mingō
Derived terms
- caldum mēiere et frigidum pōtāre
Descendants
- Asturian: mexar
- Dalmatian: miur
- English: micturate
- Galician: mexar
- Portuguese: mijar
- Spanish: mear
References
- meio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- meio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- meio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- meyo (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old Portuguese meio, meo, from Latin medius, from Proto-Italic *meðios, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between”). Compare médio (a borrowed doublet). Sense of "way" or "mean" from Latin medium.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈmɐj.u/
- Rhymes: -eju
Adjective
meio m (feminine singular meia, masculine plural meios, feminine plural meias, not comparable)
- half
Quotations
For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:meio.
Derived terms
- meia hora
- meia-noite
- meio-dia
Related terms
- mear
Adverb
meio (comparative mais meio superlative o mais meio)
- a little bit
- Estou meio cansado. ― I'm a little bit tired.
- Synonym: um pouco
- almost
Quotations
For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:meio.
Noun
meio m (plural meios)
- middle, center
- half
- Synonym: metade
- way, mean (method by which something is done)
- environment
- Synonym: ambiente
- (in the plural) resources; means
Quotations
For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:meio.
Derived terms
- meio ambiente
- meio social
Verb
meio
- first-person singular (eu) present indicative of mear