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Re: Noon in ancient Rome
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2009 Jun 22, 20:28 -0700

You wrote:
"It coincided with the main  meal while the sun was up, even though at 3 PM 
for the Romans, but in the 12 century it was moved to "midday" - so the name 
went along with the meal, not the actual hour. "

Yep. That's how the OED describes it. Of course, this is an English language 
usage. Are there any other languages that picked up the word "noon" as 
opposed to "midi" or other variants of "midday"?

-FER


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