mediocritas
Latin
Etymology
From mediocris (“moderate, medium”) + -tās.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [mɛ.diˈɔ.krɪ.taːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [me.d̪iˈɔː.kri.t̪as]
Noun
mediocritās f (genitive mediocritātis); third declension
- a middle state
- medium, mean
- moderation
- mediocrity
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mediocritās | mediocritātēs |
| genitive | mediocritātis | mediocritātum |
| dative | mediocritātī | mediocritātibus |
| accusative | mediocritātem | mediocritātēs |
| ablative | mediocritāte | mediocritātibus |
| vocative | mediocritās | mediocritātēs |
Related terms
Descendants
- → English: mediocrity
- → French: médiocrité
- → Italian: mediocrità
- → Portuguese: mediocridade
- → Romanian: mediocritate
- → Spanish: mediocridad
References
- “mediocritas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “mediocritas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- mediocritas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to observe the golden mean: mediocritatem tenere (Off. 1. 25. 89)
- to observe the golden mean: mediocritatem tenere (Off. 1. 25. 89)
- Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)