meditor

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈme.di.tor/, [ˈmɛd̪ɪt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈme.di.tor/, [ˈmɛːd̪it̪or]

Verb

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

1. to think or reflect upon, consider, contemplate, ponder, meditate (upon); intend
2. to plan, contrive, devise
3. (by extension) to meditate, study, exercise oneself 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

• (ponder, consider): cōgitō, concoquō, pēnsō, volvō
• (devise): concoquō

Derived terms

• commeditor
• meditābundus
• meditāmen
• meditāmentum
• meditātē
• meditātiō
• meditātus
• meditātīvus
• meditātor
• praemeditor

Related terms

• meditātiunculā
• meditātōrium

Descendants

• English: meditate
• → French: méditer
  • → Romanian: medita
• 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.