medius
From Proto-Italic *meðjos, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between”). Cognate with Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos), Sanskrit मध्य (mádhya), Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬜𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬥𐬀 (maiδiiāna), Old Armenian մէջ (mēǰ), Persian میان (miân) and Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌹𐍃 (midjis).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈme.di.us/, [ˈmɛd̪iʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈme.di.us/, [ˈmɛːd̪ius]
Adjective
medius (feminine media, neuter medium, comparative magis medius or medior, superlative medioximus); first/second-declension adjective
- middle, mid, the middle of, the midst of, central, between, midway between, in the center [ quotations ▼]
- media pars corporis; medium corpus ― the waist
- media nox ― midnight
- media urbs ― the middle of the city
- urbs media ― the middle city
- in mediās rēs ― into the middle of things
- half
- moderate
- indifferent, undecided
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | medius | media | medium | mediī | mediae | media | |
| Genitive | mediī | mediae | mediī | mediōrum | mediārum | mediōrum | |
| Dative | mediō | mediō | mediīs | ||||
| Accusative | medium | mediam | medium | mediōs | mediās | media | |
| Ablative | mediō | mediā | mediō | mediīs | |||
| Vocative | medie | media | medium | mediī | mediae | media | |