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

  1. a middle state
  2. medium, mean
  3. moderation
  4. 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

Descendants

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)
  • Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)
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