dimidius
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Latin[edit]
| 20[a], [b], [c], [d], [e] | ||
| ← 1 | II 2 |
3 → |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: duo Ordinal: secundus, alter Adverbial: bis Multiplier: duplex, duplus Distributive: bīnus Collective: bīniō Fractional: dīmidius, sēmis | ||
Etymology[edit]
dis- (“in two”) + medius (“middle”)
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /diːˈmi.di.us/, [d̪iːˈmɪd̪iʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /diˈmi.di.us/, [d̪iˈmiːd̪ius]
Adjective[edit]
dīmidius (feminine dīmidia, neuter dīmidium); first/second-declension adjective
Declension[edit]
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | dīmidius | dīmidia | dīmidium | dīmidiī | dīmidiae | dīmidia | |
| Genitive | dīmidiī | dīmidiae | dīmidiī | dīmidiōrum | dīmidiārum | dīmidiōrum | |
| Dative | dīmidiō | dīmidiō | dīmidiīs | ||||
| Accusative | dīmidium | dīmidiam | dīmidium | dīmidiōs | dīmidiās | dīmidia | |
| Ablative | dīmidiō | dīmidiā | dīmidiō | dīmidiīs | |||
| Vocative | dīmidie | dīmidia | dīmidium | dīmidiī | dīmidiae | dīmidia | |
Derived terms[edit]
- dīmidium (“half”)
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “dimidius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “dimidius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- dimidius in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- dimidius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “dimĭdius”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 3: D–F, page 80