meditullium
Latin
Etymology
From medius (“middle”) + *tollium; see tellūs.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [mɛ.dɪˈtʊl.li.ũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [me.d̪iˈt̪ul.li.um]
Noun
meditullium n (genitive meditulliī or meditullī); second declension
- the part of a land or country which is isolated from the sea; inland, interior
- the middle or center of something
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | meditullium | meditullia |
| genitive | meditulliī meditullī1 |
meditulliōrum |
| dative | meditulliō | meditulliīs |
| accusative | meditullium | meditullia |
| ablative | meditulliō | meditulliīs |
| vocative | meditullium | meditullia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Related terms
- mediālis
- mediānum
- mediānus
- mediātenus
- mediātor
- mediātrīx
- mediē
- medietās
- medilūnius
- mediō
- mediocriculus
- mediocris
- mediocritās
- mediocriter
- mediterrāneus
- medium
- medius
References
- “meditullium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “meditullium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- meditullium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.