Mediolanum

English

Proper noun

Mediolanum

1. The city of Milan in the era of Ancient Rome.

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Latin

Alternative forms

• Mediolānium

Etymology

Possibly of Gaulish origin, from Proto-Celtic *medyos (“middle”) + *landā (“land”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /me.di.oˈlaː.num/, [mɛd̪iɔˈɫ̪äːnʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /me.di.oˈla.num/, [med̪ioˈläːnum]

Proper noun

Mediolānum n sg (genitive Mediolānī); second declension

1. Milan (a city in modern Italy)
2. Mediolanum Santonum, modern Saintes, Charente-Maritime (city in modern France)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Mediolānum
Genitive	Mediolānī
Dative	Mediolānō
Accusative	Mediolānum
Ablative	Mediolānō
Vocative	Mediolānum
Locative	Mediolānī

Descendants

• → English: Milan
• Ancient Greek: Μεδιόλανον (Mediólanon)
• Italian: Milano

References

• “Mediolanum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Mediolanum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Mediolanum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly