mediator
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- mediatour (obsolete)
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin mediātor (“one who mediates”), from mediātum, supine of mediō (“be in the middle”), from medius (“middle”).
PronunciationEdit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmidieɪtɚ/
NounEdit
mediator (plural mediators)
- One who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement.
- A chemical substance transmitting information to a targeted cell.
SynonymsEdit
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement
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Further readingEdit
- mediator in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- mediator in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
AnagramsEdit
DanishEdit
NounEdit
mediator c (singular definite mediatoren, plural indefinite mediatorer)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of mediator
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | mediator | mediatoren | mediatorer | mediatorerne |
| genitive | mediators | mediatorens | mediatorers | mediatorernes |
Further readingEdit
LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
From mediātum, supine of mediō (“be in the middle”), from medius (“middle”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
mediātor m (genitive mediātōris); third declension
InflectionEdit
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mediātor | mediātōrēs |
| genitive | mediātōris | mediātōrum |
| dative | mediātōrī | mediātōribus |
| accusative | mediātōrem | mediātōrēs |
| ablative | mediātōre | mediātōribus |
| vocative | mediātor | mediātōrēs |
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- mediator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- mediator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- mediator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette