mediastinus
Latin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editPerhaps a substantive form of an adjective *mediast(r)īnus (“menial”), from medius + -aster + -inus (assuming the form with -r- is the older form).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /me.di.asˈtiː.nus/, [mɛd̪iäs̠ˈt̪iːnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /me.di.asˈti.nus/, [med̪iäsˈt̪iːnus]
Noun
editmediastīnus m (genitive mediastīnī); second declension
Declension
editSecond-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | mediastīnus | mediastīnī |
Genitive | mediastīnī | mediastīnōrum |
Dative | mediastīnō | mediastīnīs |
Accusative | mediastīnum | mediastīnōs |
Ablative | mediastīnō | mediastīnīs |
Vocative | mediastīne | mediastīnī |
References
edit- “mediastinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “mediastinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- mediastinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.