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
- A
Liber VI
Aulus Gellius
"...Varro esse dicit ubertatis Pacuvium, gracilitatis Lucilium, mediocritatis Terentium. Sed ea ipsa genera dicendi iam antiquitus tradita..." - M
XIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...venenum invenire quam inimicum. Sed me conscia mediocritatis infirmitas intra meas tantummodo continet querelas. nam damnum..."
