Mediolanum
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin Mediolānum, of uncertain Gaulish origin. Doublet of Milan.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌmeɪdiəʊˈlɑːnəm/, /ˌmɛdiəʊˈlɑːnəm/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌmeɪdioʊˈlɑnəm/, /ˌmɛdioʊˈlɑnəm/
- enPR: mā'dēōläʹnəm, med'ēōläʹnəm
Proper noun[edit]
Mediolanum
- (historical) The city of Milan in the era of Ancient Rome.
Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Uncertain; possibly from Gaulish *medyos (“middle, central”, from Proto-Celtic *medyos) + *lānom (“plain, field”), therefore meaning “in the middle of a plain”.[1][2]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /me.di.oˈlaː.num/, [mɛd̪iɔˈɫ̪äːnʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /me.di.oˈla.num/, [med̪ioˈläːnum]
Proper noun[edit]
Mediolānum n sg (genitive Mediolānī); second declension[3][4][5]
- Milan (a city in modern Italy)
- Mediolanum Santonum, modern Saintes, Charente-Maritime (city in modern France)
Declension[edit]
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[edit]
Descendants (incomplete list)
- → Ancient Greek: Μεδιόλᾱνον (Mediólānon)
- Greek: Μεδιόλανο (Mediólano)
- → German: Mailand
- Italian: Milano
- →⇒ Italian: mediolanità
- Lombard: Milan, Miran, Milà
- → Polish: Mediolan
References[edit]
- ^ Fortson, Benjamin W. (2004, 2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, Oxford: Blackwell, § From PIE to Celtic
- ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page mediolanon of 221-222
- ^ “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
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