I.in the afternoon, post-meridian: “impetratum est a consuetudine, ut peccare suavitatis causā liceret, et pomeridianus quadrigas quam postmeridianus libentius dixerim,” Cic. Or. 47, 157: “pomeridianum tempus,” id. de Or. 3, 5, 17; “also: postmeridianum tempus,” id. Tusc. 3, 3, 7: “dies,” Sen. Ep. 7, 3, 1: “horae,” Suet. Gram. 24: “gnomonis umbra,” Vitr. 1, 6: “pomeridiana sessio (opp. ambulatio antemeridiana),” Cic. de Or. 3, 30, 121: “litterae,” id. Att. 12, 53 fin.
pōmĕrīdĭānus (postm- ), a, um, adj. post-meridianus,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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