medianus
Latin
Etymology
From medi- (the stem of medius) + -anus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [mɛ.diˈaː.nʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [me.d̪iˈaː.nus]
Adjective
mediānus (feminine mediāna, neuter mediānum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Descendants
- Italo-Romance:
- Padanian:
- Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Ancient borrowings:
- Learned borrowings:
References
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “medianus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 6/1: Mabile–Mephitis, page 578
Further reading
- “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.