medianus
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom medi- (the stem of medius) + -anus.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [mɛ.diˈaː.nʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [me.d̪iˈaː.nus]
Adjective
editmediānus (feminine mediāna, neuter mediānum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
editFirst/second-declension adjective.
singular | plural | ||||||
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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 | |||
accusative | mediānum | mediānam | mediānum | mediānōs | mediānās | mediāna | |
ablative | mediānō | mediānā | mediānō | mediānīs | |||
vocative | mediāne | mediāna | mediānum | mediānī | mediānae | mediāna |
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- Italo-Romance:
- Padanian:
- Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Ancient borrowings:
- Learned borrowings:
References
edit- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “medianus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 6/1: Mabile–Mephitis, page 578
Further reading
edit- “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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- medianus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.