Meridio, meridias: vel meridior, meridiâris, meridiári, deponens. Plaut. Catul. To dine: to eate meate at noone.Meridiare. Suet. To sleepe at noone.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
mĕrīdĭo, 1, v. n., and mĕrīdĭor, 1, v. dep. [meridies], 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.