mediocritas
Latin
Etymology
From mediocris (“moderate, medium”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /me.diˈo.kri.taːs/, [mɛ.dɪˈɔ.krɪ.taːs]
Noun
mediocritās f (genitive mediocritātis); third declension
- a middle state
- medium, mean
- moderation
- mediocrity
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | 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
- 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, 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)
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