meditullium Latin · revision 10142

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=compound|attested=Cicero|origins=la medius, la tellūs}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [mɛ.dɪˈtʊl.li.ũː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [me.diˈtul.li.um]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''meditullium''' ''n'' (genitive meditulliī or meditullī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[medius]] “middle” and ⟨*tollium⟩, an old form related to [[tellūs]] “earth”, though the details are unclear.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is Cicero, and Gaffiot cites his ''Topica''.^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant the inland part of a country, the interior, as in Cicero, and the midpoint, middle, centre, as in Apuleius and Jerome, and Lewis & Short call it ante- and post-classical.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for the midland of a country.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 125–175 AD – Apuleius uses it of the middle.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The [[m|en|interior]] of a country.^(OLD 2012)

+ # The middle, [[m|en|centre]].^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[mediālis]]

+ * [[mediānum]]

+ * [[mediānus]]

+ * [[mediātenus]]

+ * [[mediātor]]

+ * [[mediātrīx]]

+ * [[mediē]]

+ * [[medietās]]

+ * [[medilūnius]]

+ * [[mediō]]

+ * [[medius]]

+ * [[tellūs]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}