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mediocritas
mediocritas
Latin
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
- 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
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “mediocritas”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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)