meridiem
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Sir: In Mexico, it is a common use to interpret p.m. not as post meridiem but rather as puntualidad Mexicana, which means one or two hours after the stated time.
From Time Magazine Archive
A few minutes past four o'clock, ante meridiem, word was brought to them that the Prince had boarded the Berengaria by "swarming up a rope ladder."
From Time Magazine Archive
Dec. 14th, I had a very jentle answer at the Lord Thresorer’s hand hora decima ante meridiem at the court of Whitehall.
From The Private Diary of Dr. John Dee And the Catalog of His Library of Manuscripts by John Dee
The word meridiem itself, why is it not medidiem?
From The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 by Marcus Tullius Cicero
For the same reason non scire would now be deemed a barbarism, becaule nescire has a smoother sound; and we have likewise substituted meridiem for medidiem, because the latter was offensive to the ear.
From Cicero's Brutus or History of Famous Orators; also His Orator, or Accomplished Speaker. by E. Jones
