Mediolanum

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Mediolānum, of uncertain Gaulish origin. Doublet of Milan.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˌmeɪdiəʊˈlɑːnəm/, /ˌmɛdiəʊˈlɑːnəm/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˌmeɪdioʊˈlɑnəm/, /ˌmɛdioʊˈlɑnəm/
enPR: mā'dēōläʹnəm, med'ēōläʹnəm

Proper noun

Mediolanum

(historical) The city of Milan in the era of Ancient Rome.

Latin

Alternative forms

Mediolānium, MD

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly from Gaulish *medios (“middle, central”, from Proto-Celtic *medyos) + *lānom (“plain, field”), therefore meaning “in the middle of a plain”.^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [mɛ.di.ɔˈɫaː.nũː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [me.d̪i.oˈlaː.num]

Proper noun

Mediolānum n sg (genitive Mediolānī); second declension^[3]^[4]^[5]

Milan (a city in modern Italy)
Mediolanum Santonum, modern Saintes, Charente-Maritime (a city in modern France)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Mediolānum
genitive	Mediolānī
dative	Mediolānō
accusative	Mediolānum
ablative	Mediolānō
vocative	Mediolānum
locative	Mediolānī

Descendants

Italian: Milano
- → Arabic: مِيلَانُو (mīlānō)
- → Catalan: Milà
- → French: Milan
  - → English: Milan
    - → Chinese: 米蘭／米兰 (Mǐlán)
- → Greek: Μιλάνο (Miláno)
- → Japanese: ミラノ (Mirano)
- → Portuguese: Milão
- → Russian: Мила́н (Milán)
- → Spanish: Milán
Lombard: Milan, Miran, Milà
⇒ Italian: mediolanità
→ Ancient Greek: Μεδιόλᾱνον (Mediólānon)
- Greek: Μεδιόλανο (Mediólano)
→ German: Mailand
→ Polish: Mediolan

References

^ Fortson, Benjamin W. (2004, 2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, Oxford: Blackwell, § From PIE to Celtic
^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page mediolanon of 221-222
^ “Mediolanum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
^ Mediolanum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
^ “Mediolanum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

[1] Fortson, Benjamin W. (2004, 2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, Oxford: Blackwell, § From PIE to Celtic

[2] Delamarre, Xavier (2003) Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page mediolanon of 221-222

[3] “Mediolanum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

[4] Mediolanum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

[5] “Mediolanum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

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