mediocritatis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →mediocritas, mediocritatis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
moderateness (size/amount/degree); avoidance of extremes; intermediate way;; mediocrity; limited powers/ability; smallness; humbleness (of station);
acc. pl.gen. sg.nom. pl.
Examples
Liber VI
Aulus Gellius
"...Varro esse dicit ubertatis Pacuvium, gracilitatis Lucilium, mediocritatis Terentium. Sed ea ipsa genera dicendi iam antiquitus tradita..."XIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...venenum invenire quam inimicum. Sed me conscia mediocritatis infirmitas intra meas tantummodo continet querelas. nam damnum..."
