medianus

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Latin

Etymology

medi- (the stem of medius) +‎ -anus

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /me.diˈaː.nus/, [mɛ.dɪˈaː.nʊs]

Adjective

mediānus (feminine mediāna, neuter mediānum); first/second declension

1. middle, central

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	mediānus	mediāna	mediānum		mediānī	mediānae	mediāna
Genitive	mediānī	mediānae	mediānī		mediānōrum	mediānārum	mediānōrum
Dative	mediānō	mediānae	mediānō		mediānīs	mediānīs	mediānīs
Accusative	mediānum	mediānam	mediānum		mediānōs	mediānās	mediāna
Ablative	mediānō	mediānā	mediānō		mediānīs	mediānīs	mediānīs
Vocative	mediāne	mediāna	mediānum		mediānī	mediānae	mediāna

Related terms

• mediālis
• mediānum
• mediātor
• mediē
• mediocris

• mediterrāneus
• meditullium
• medium
• medius

Descendants

• Catalan: mediana (borrowed), mitjà, mitjan
• English: median (borrowed), mean (via Old French), mizzen (via Middle French)
• French: médian (borrowed), misaine (via Catalan), moyen
• Friulian: mezan
• Galician: meán, mediano (borrowed)
• Irish: meán (borrowed)
• Italian: mediano (borrowed), mezzano

• Ladin: mesan
• Occitan: mejan
• Portuguese: meão, mediano (borrowed)
• Romanian: median (borrowed), mezin (possibly)
• Sicilian: mizzanu, minzanu
• Spanish: mediano (borrowed), mejana, mesana (via Italian), mezana
• Venetian: mexan
• Welsh: mewn (borrowed)

References

• medianus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• medianus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• medianus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette