medius
English
Etymology
New Latin, from Latin medius (“middle”). See medium.
Noun
medius (plural medii)
- (anatomy) The middle finger; the third digit, or that which corresponds to it.
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Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *medʰyo- (“between”). Cognate with Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos), Sanskrit मध्य (mádhya), Old Armenian մէջ (mēǰ), etc.
Pronunciation
Adjective
medius m (feminine media, neuter medium); first/second declension
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case \ Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | medius | media | medium | mediī | mediae | media | |
| genitive | mediī | mediae | mediī | mediōrum | mediārum | mediōrum | |
| dative | mediō | mediae | mediō | mediīs | mediīs | mediīs | |
| accusative | medium | mediam | medium | mediōs | mediās | media | |
| ablative | mediō | mediā | mediō | mediīs | mediīs | mediīs | |
| vocative | medie | media | medium | mediī | mediae | media | |