medialis

Latin

Pronunciation

• mediālis: (Classical) IPA^(key): /me.diˈaː.lis/, [mɛd̪iˈäːlʲɪs̠]
• mediālis: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /me.diˈa.lis/, [med̪iˈäːlis]
• mediālīs: (Classical) IPA^(key): /me.diˈaː.liːs/, [mɛd̪iˈäːlʲiːs̠]
• mediālīs: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /me.diˈa.lis/, [med̪iˈäːlis]

Etymology 1

From medius (“that is in the middle or midst”) +‎ -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).

Adjective

mediālis (neuter mediāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. (Late Latin) Of or belonging to the middle; medial.

   Antonym: laterālis

Inflection

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	mediālis	mediāle		mediālēs	mediālia
Genitive	mediālis			mediālium
Dative	mediālī			mediālibus
Accusative	mediālem	mediāle		mediālēs mediālīs	mediālia
Ablative	mediālī			mediālibus
Vocative	mediālis	mediāle		mediālēs	mediālia

Derived terms

• medālia
• *pertica mediālis
  • Spanish: almiar

Descendants

• → English: medial
• → French: médial
• → German: medial
• → Italian: mediale
• → Spanish: medial

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

mediālīs

1. accusative masculine/feminine plural of mediālis

References

• “medialis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• medialis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.