medianus Latin · revision 9168

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [mɛ.diˈaː.nʊs]^(Wiktionary)

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''mediānus''' (feminine mediāna, neuter mediānum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[medius]] “middle” with the suffix [[-ānus]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Cicero, “central”.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant situated in the middle, central, as in Cicero, and in Vitruvius intermediate, middle, of columns and of the musical scale.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis & Short note that apart from Vitruvius it is post-classical, and Ulpian uses ''mediānum'' for the middle.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Medieval Latin it meant of the middle class of society, and the second of three.^(Niermeyer 1976) Through Catalan ''mitjana'' and Old French ''migenne'', influenced by Italian ''mezzana'', it gave [[en|mizzen]] in the early 15th century; it also gave [[en|median]] in the 1540s.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * c. 84–c. 25 BC – Vitruvius uses it of columns.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1540s – English ''median'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Middle, central.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Intermediate.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Of the middle class.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[mediānum]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[medius]]

+ * [[en|median]]

+ * [[en|mizzen]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}