meditullium

Latin

Etymology

From medius (“middle”) + *tollium; see tellūs.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /me.diˈtul.li.um/, [mɛd̪ɪˈt̪ʊlːʲiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /me.diˈtul.li.um/, [med̪iˈt̪ulːium]

Noun

meditullium n (genitive meditulliī or meditullī); second declension

1. the part of a land or country which is isolated from the sea; inland, interior
2. the middle or center of something

   Synonyms: medietās, medium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	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

• medietās
• medilūnius
• mediocriculus
• mediocris
• mediocriter
• mediocritās
• mediterrāneus
• medium
• medius
• mediālis
• mediānum
• mediānus
• mediātenus
• mediātor
• mediātrīx
• mediē
• mediō

 

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.