medialis Latin · revision 10028

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Solinus|origins=ine-pro *médʰyos}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [mɛ.diˈaː.lɪs], [mɛ.diˈaː.liːs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [me.diˈaː.lis], [me.diˈaː.lis]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''mediālis''' (neuter mediāle); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|medius|-ālis|t1=middle]].^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879) De Vaan traces ⟨medius⟩ to [[itc-pro|*meþio-]], [[ine-pro|*médʰyos|t=middle]], cognate with Oscan ⟨mefiaí⟩ “in the middle”.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is Solinus, and Lewis & Short call it late.^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Solinus to the first half of the 3rd century AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Late Latin, it meant middle, and as a noun ''mediāle'' the middle, as in Solinus.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ Medieval Latin used it for southern, the same as ''merīdiālis''.^(Niermeyer 1976) English ''medial'' (1560s) and German ''medial'' are from it.^(Etymonline)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1st half of the 3rd century AD – Solinus uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1560s – English ''medial'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|middle|alt=Middle]], [[m|en|medial]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Etymonline)

+ # ''(noun)'' The middle.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Southern.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[medius]]

+ * [[medium]]

+ * [[merīdiēs]]

+ * [[en|medial]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Festus, as excerpted by Paul the Deacon, records a ''mediālis'' (''hostia''), a black victim sacrificed at midday, which the OLD derives from ⟨*medidiālis⟩, from ''medius'' and ''diēs'', like [[merīdiēs]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}