meio

See also: meîo

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

Verb

mēiō (present infinitive mēiere, perfect active mixī, supine mictum); third conjugation iō-variant

  1. I urinate.

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 mixerīmus mixerītis 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

Derived terms

Descendants

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

Etymology

From Old Portuguese meio, meo, from Latin medius, from Proto-Indo-European *medʰyo- (“between”). 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)

  1. half

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:meio.

Derived terms

Adverb

meio (comparative mais meio superlative o mais meio)

  1. a little bit
    Estou meio cansado.
    I'm a little bit tired.
  2. almost

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:meio.

Synonyms

Noun

meio m (plural meios)

  1. middle, center
  2. half
  3. way, mean (method by which something is done)
  4. environment
  5. (in the plural) resources; means

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:meio.

Synonyms

Derived terms

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