medius, media, medium:
Adjective · 1st declension · variant: 1st · comparison: positive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
middle, middle of, mid; common, neutral, ordinary, moderate; ambiguous;
Inflections
positive
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | medius | medii |
| Gen. | medii | mediorum |
| Dat. | medio | — |
| Acc. | medium | medios |
| Voc. | medie | medii |
| Abl. | medio | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | media | mediae |
| Gen. | mediae | mediarum |
| Dat. | mediae | — |
| Acc. | mediam | medias |
| Voc. | media | mediae |
| Abl. | media | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | medium | media |
| Gen. | medii | mediorum |
| Dat. | medio | — |
| Acc. | medium | media |
| Voc. | medium | media |
| Abl. | medio | — |
Examples
- M
Liber IV
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...rupessigna tenet Magni, nec Caesar colle minorecastra leuat; medius dirimit tentoria gurges.explicat hinc tellus campos effusa patentisuix oculo..." - M
Liber III
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...mittit.excipit haec iuuenis generosi sanguinis Argusqua iam non medius descendit in ilia uenter,adiuuitque suo procumbens pondere ferrum..." - M
Liber II
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...Rheni turba petat, cunctis ego peruius hastis 310excipiam medius totius uolnera belli. hic redimat sanguis populos, hac caede..." - M
Liber I
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...Titan et nox ubi sidera condit 15quaque dies medius flagrantibus aestuat horiset qua bruma rigens ac nescia uere..." - A
Liber X
Aulus Gellius
"...deligari et virgas expediri iubet." X. Iam haec medius fidius sola verba: "nudari ac deligari et virgas expediri..." - A
Liber IX
Aulus Gellius
"...libros reliquit, quos studiosorum inscripsit, non medius fidius usquequaque aspernandos. III. In his libris multa varie ad oblectandas..." - A
Liber VI
Aulus Gellius
"...dignitas atque amplitudo est, gracili venustas et subtilitas, medius in confinio est utriusque modi particeps. His singulis orationis..." - T
Curculio
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...ventre habere videor filios. nil metuo nisi ne medius disrumpar miser. Palinvrvs Si recte facias, Phaedrome, auscultes mihi..."