medius – Latin adjective declension

Adjective: medius
Hyphenation:

Declension: First, Second

Nominative

Singular masc.	medius
Singular fem.	media
Singular neut.	medium
Plural masc.	mediī
Plural fem.	mediae
Plural neut.	media

Genitive

Singular masc.	mediī
Singular fem.	mediae
Singular neut.	mediī
Plural masc.	mediōrum
Plural fem.	mediārum
Plural neut.	mediōrum

Dative

Singular masc.	mediō
Singular fem.	mediae
Singular neut.	mediō
Plural masc.	mediīs
Plural fem.	mediīs
Plural neut.	mediīs

Accusative

Singular masc.	medium
Singular fem.	mediam
Singular neut.	medium
Plural masc.	mediōs
Plural fem.	mediās
Plural neut.	media

Ablative

Singular masc.	mediō
Singular fem.	mediā
Singular neut.	mediō
Plural masc.	mediīs
Plural fem.	mediīs
Plural neut.	mediīs

Vocative

Singular masc.	medie
Singular fem.	media
Singular neut.	medium
Plural masc.	mediī
Plural fem.	mediae
Plural neut.	media

Comparison

Comparative	medior
Superlative	medioximus

Sample Sentences

urbs media (the middle city)
in mediās rēs (into the middle of things)
Nocte volat caelī mediō terraeque per umbram / strīdēns [...]. ([Rumor] flies between heaven and earth at night, shrill-sounding through the darkness.) [29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.184–185]
media nox (midnight)
media urbs (the middle of the city)

Adjectives inflected like medius

medius,

Etymology

1. From Proto-Italic *meðios, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between”).
2. Cognate with Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos), Sanskrit मध्य (mádhya), Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬜𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬥𐬀 (maⁱδiiāna), Old Armenian մէջ (mēǰ), Persian میان (miân) and Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌹𐍃 (midjis). See: Gothic Adjectives '𐌼𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌹𐍃'.

Verbs referencing "medius"

Italian Adjectives mezzo, Catalan Adjectives mig, English Adjectives mid, Galician Adjectives medio, Italian Adjectives medio, Spanish Adjectives medio, Portuguese Adjectives meio, Romanian Adjectives mediu.