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(adj.Adj.) : mĕdĭus, a, um, adj.Sanscr. madhya, the same; Gr. μέσος; Angl. - Sax. midd; Germ. Mitte; cf. dimidius, meridies (medi-), etc.
* That is in the middle or midst, mid, middle (class.).
* Adj.
* Lit.: terra complexa medium mundi locum,Cic. Rep. 6, 18, 18; cf. id. ib. 6, 17, 17: medium mundi locum petere,id. Tusc. 5, 24, 69: versus aeque prima, et media, et extrema pars attenditur,id. de Or. 3, 50, 192: ultimum, proximum, medium tempus,id. Prov. Cons. 18, 43: in foro medio,in the midst of the forum,Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 14; Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 6; cf.: medio foro,in the open forum,Suet. Claud. 18 al.: in solio medius consedit,sat in the middle,Ov. F. 3, 359; Verg. A. 7, 169: considit scopulo medius,id. G. 4, 436: concilio medius sedebat,Ov. M. 10, 144: ignes,Verg. A. 12, 201: medio tempore,in the meantime, meanwhile,Suet. Caes. 76: vinum novum, vetus, medium, i. e. neither old nor new, Varr. ap. Gell. 13, 31, 14: cum plenus fluctu medius foret alveus,full to the middle,Juv. 12, 30.—With dat.: Peloponnesii Megaram, mediam Corintho Athenisque urbem, condidere,midway between Corinth and Athens,Vell. 1, 2, 4.—With abl.: si medius Polluce et Castore ponar,between,Ov. Am. 2, 16, 13.—With inter: cum inter bellum et pacem medium nihil sit,there is no medium, no middle course between,Cic. Phil. 8, 1, 4: inter quos numeros duo medii inveniuntur (sc. numeri),Mart. Cap. 7, § 737.—With gen.: locus medius regionum earum,half-way between,Caes. B. G. 4, 19: locus medius juguli summique lacerti,between,Ov. M. 6, 409; 5, 564: et medius juvenum ibat,id. F. 5, 67: medius silentūm,Stat. Th. 4, 683.—With ex: medius ex tribus,Sall. J. 11, 3: medium arripere aliquem,to seize one by the middle, around the body,Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 18: juvenem medium complectitur,Liv. 23, 9, 9: Alcides medium tenuit,held him fast by the middle,Luc. 4, 652: medium ostendere unguem,to point with the middle finger,Juv. 10, 53.
* Subst.: mĕdĭum, ii, n., the middle, midst.
* Trop., of the middle, not very great or small, middling, medial, moderate.
* Adv.: mĕdĭē, in the middle, in a middling degree, moderately, tolerably (except once in Tac. only post-class.): qui noluerant medie,kept quiet, remained neutral,Tac. H. 1, 19: nec plane optimi, nec oppido deterrimi sunt, sed quasi medie morati,App. Dogm. Plat. 2, p. 22, 23; Eutr. 7, 13; Lact. 6, 15 fin.: ortus medie humilis,Aur. Vict. Caes. 20.
* Of plans, purposes, etc.: nihil medium, nec spem nec curam, sed immensa omnia volventes animo,Liv. 2, 49, 5: medium quiddam tenere,Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 9.
* Of intellect: eloquentiā medius,middling, tolerable,Vell. 2, 29, 2: ingenium,moderate,Tac. H. 1, 49.
* Undetermined, undecided: medios esse,i. e. neutral,Cic. Att. 10, 8, 4: medium se gerere,Liv. 2, 27: se dubium mediumque partibus praestitit,Vell. 2, 21, 1; cf.: responsum,indefinite, ambiguous,Liv. 39, 39: vocabula, that can be taken in agood or bad sense, ambiguous, Gell. 12, 9, 1.
* Indifferent, not imperative: officium, a duty which is not distinctly enjoined by the moral law, but is sustained by preponderant reasoning: medium officium id esse dicunt (Graeci) quod cur factum sit, ratio probabilis reddi possit,Cic. Off. 1, 3, 8; cf.: ex quo intellegitur, officium medium quiddam esse, quod neque in bonis ponatur neque in contrariis,id. Fin. 3, 17, 58; cf. sqq. and Madv. ad loc.: artes,which in themselves are neither good nor bad, indifferent,Quint. 2, 20, 1.
* Intermediate: medium erat in Anco ingenium, et Numae et Romuli memor,of a middle kind, resembling each in some degree,Liv. 1, 32, 4: nihil habet ista res (actoris) medium, sed aut lacrimas meretur aut risum,Quint. 6, 1, 45: ille jam paene medius adfectus est ex amoribus et desideriis amicorum,Quint. 6, 2, 17.—Hence, as subst.: mĕdĭus, i, m., one who stands or comes between, a mediator: medium sese offert,as a mediator,Verg. A. 7, 536: pacator mediusque Syphax,Sil. 16, 222: pacis eras mediusque belli,arbiter,Hor. C. 2, 19, 28; cf.: nunc mediis subeant irrita verba deis,oaths in which the gods were called upon to be mediators,Ov. R. Am. 678.
* Central, with ex or in: ex factione media consul,fully committed to it,Sall. H. 3, 61, 8; so (nearly = intimus), viros fortīs et magnanimos eosdem bonos et simplicīs ... esse volumus: quae sunt ex media laude justititiae,these qualities are clearly among those which make uprightness praiseworthy,Cic. Off. 1, 19, 63: partitiones oratoriae, quae e media illa nostra Academia effloruerunt,id. Part. Or. 40, 139: ingressio e media philosophia repetita est,id. Or. 3, 11; id. Leg. 2, 21, 53: in medio maerore et dolore,id. Tusc. 4, 29, 63; id. Q. Fr. 2, 15, 1: in media dimicatione,the hottest of the fight,Suet. Aug. 10; cf.: in medio ardore certaminis,Curt. 8, 4, 27: in media solitudine,the most profound,Sen. Brev. Vit. 12, 2: in mediis divitiis,in abundant wealth,id. Vit. Beat. 26, 1: in medio robore virium,Liv. 28, 35, 6: in medio ardore belli,id. 24, 45, 4: in media reipublicae luce,the full blaze of public life,Quint. 1, 2, 18: media inter pocula,Juv. 8, 217.—Hence
* Lit.
* Of space (very rare in Cic.): in medio aedium sedens,Liv. 1, 57, 9: maris,id. 31, 45, 11; for which, without in, medio aedium eburneis sellis sedere, id. 5, 41, 2: medio viae ponere,id. 37, 13, 10: in agmine in primis modo, modo in postremis, saepe in medio adesse,Sall. J. 45, 2; for which, without in, medio sextam legionem constituit, Tac. A. 13, 38: medio montium porrigitur planities,id. ib. 1, 64: medio stans hostia ad aras,Verg. G. 3, 486: medio tutissimus ibis,Ov. M. 2, 137: in medium geminos immani pondere caestus Projecit,Verg. A. 5, 401: in medium sarcinas coniciunt,Liv. 10, 36, 1; 13: equitatus consulem in medium acceptum, armis protegens, in castra reduxit,id. 21, 46, 9.— Trop.: tamquam arbiter honorarius medium ferire voluisse,to cut through the middle,Cic. Fat. 17, 39: intacta invidiā media sunt, ad summa ferme tendit,Liv. 45, 35.
* Transf.
* The midst of all, the presence of all, the public, the community (class.): in medio omnibus palma est posita, qui artem tractant musicam,lies open to all,Ter. Phorm. prol. 16: tabulae sunt in medio,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 42, § 104: rem totam in medio ponere,publicly,id. ib. 2, 1, 11, § 29: ponam in medio sententias philosophorum,id. N. D. 1, 6, 13: dicendi ratio in medio posita,lies open to all,id. de Or. 1, 3, 12: rem in medium proferre,to publish, make known,id. Fam. 15, 27, 6: vocare in medium, before the public, before a public tribunal: rem in medium vocare coeperunt,id. Clu. 28, 77: in medio relinquere,to leave it to the public, leave it undecided,id. Cael. 20, 48; Sall. C. 19, 16: pellere e medio, to expel, reject, Enn. ap. Cic. Mur. 14, 30 (Ann. v. 272 Vahl.); Cic. Off. 3, 8, 37: cum jacentia verba sustulimus e medio,adopt words from the people, common words,id. de Or. 3, 45, 177; cf.: munda sed e medio consuetaque verba puellae Scribite, Ov. A. A. 3, 479: tollere de medio, to do away with, abolish: litteras,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 71, § 176: tollere de medio, to put out of the way, cut off, destroy: hominem,id. Rosc. Am. 7, 20: de medio removere,to put out of sight,id. ib. 8, 23: e medio excedere or abire, to leave the world, to die: e medio excessit,she is dead,Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 74: ea mortem obiit, e medio abiit,id. ib. 5, 8, 30: tollite lumen e medio,Juv. 9, 106: recedere de medio, to go away, retire, withdraw: cur te mihi offers? recede de medio,Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 112: in medio esse,to be present,Ter. Ad. 3, 5, 32: in medium venire or procedere,to appear, come forward, show one's self in public,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 71, § 175: in medium, before the public, for the public, for the community: communes utilitates in medium afferre,id. Off. 1, 7, 22: consulere in medium,to care for the public good, for the good of all,Verg. A. 11, 335; so opp. separantem suas res a publicis,Liv. 24, 22, 14 sq.; 26, 12, 7: quaerere,to make acquisitions for the use of all,Verg. G. 1, 127: cedere, to fall or devolve to the community, Tac. H. 4, 64: conferre laudem,i. e. so that all may have a share of it,Liv. 6, 6: dare,to communicate for the use of all,Ov. M. 15, 66: in medium conferre, in gaming,to put down, put in the pool,Suet. Aug. 71: in medio, for sub dio, in the open air: scorpios fugari posse, si aliqui ex eis urantur in medio,Pall. 1, 35, 12.
* A half (ante-class. and post-Aug.): scillae medium conterunt cum aqua,Varr. R. R. 2, 7: scrobem ad medium completo,Col. Arb. 4, 5.—Hence
* Indefinitely, Ambros. in Luc. 8, 17, 34.
* That is in the middle or midst, mid, middle (class.).
* Adj.
* Lit.: terra complexa medium mundi locum,Cic. Rep. 6, 18, 18; cf. id. ib. 6, 17, 17: medium mundi locum petere,id. Tusc. 5, 24, 69: versus aeque prima, et media, et extrema pars attenditur,id. de Or. 3, 50, 192: ultimum, proximum, medium tempus,id. Prov. Cons. 18, 43: in foro medio,in the midst of the forum,Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 14; Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 6; cf.: medio foro,in the open forum,Suet. Claud. 18 al.: in solio medius consedit,sat in the middle,Ov. F. 3, 359; Verg. A. 7, 169: considit scopulo medius,id. G. 4, 436: concilio medius sedebat,Ov. M. 10, 144: ignes,Verg. A. 12, 201: medio tempore,in the meantime, meanwhile,Suet. Caes. 76: vinum novum, vetus, medium, i. e. neither old nor new, Varr. ap. Gell. 13, 31, 14: cum plenus fluctu medius foret alveus,full to the middle,Juv. 12, 30.—With dat.: Peloponnesii Megaram, mediam Corintho Athenisque urbem, condidere,midway between Corinth and Athens,Vell. 1, 2, 4.—With abl.: si medius Polluce et Castore ponar,between,Ov. Am. 2, 16, 13.—With inter: cum inter bellum et pacem medium nihil sit,there is no medium, no middle course between,Cic. Phil. 8, 1, 4: inter quos numeros duo medii inveniuntur (sc. numeri),Mart. Cap. 7, § 737.—With gen.: locus medius regionum earum,half-way between,Caes. B. G. 4, 19: locus medius juguli summique lacerti,between,Ov. M. 6, 409; 5, 564: et medius juvenum ibat,id. F. 5, 67: medius silentūm,Stat. Th. 4, 683.—With ex: medius ex tribus,Sall. J. 11, 3: medium arripere aliquem,to seize one by the middle, around the body,Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 18: juvenem medium complectitur,Liv. 23, 9, 9: Alcides medium tenuit,held him fast by the middle,Luc. 4, 652: medium ostendere unguem,to point with the middle finger,Juv. 10, 53.
* Subst.: mĕdĭum, ii, n., the middle, midst.
* Trop., of the middle, not very great or small, middling, medial, moderate.
* Adv.: mĕdĭē, in the middle, in a middling degree, moderately, tolerably (except once in Tac. only post-class.): qui noluerant medie,kept quiet, remained neutral,Tac. H. 1, 19: nec plane optimi, nec oppido deterrimi sunt, sed quasi medie morati,App. Dogm. Plat. 2, p. 22, 23; Eutr. 7, 13; Lact. 6, 15 fin.: ortus medie humilis,Aur. Vict. Caes. 20.
* Of plans, purposes, etc.: nihil medium, nec spem nec curam, sed immensa omnia volventes animo,Liv. 2, 49, 5: medium quiddam tenere,Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 9.
* Of intellect: eloquentiā medius,middling, tolerable,Vell. 2, 29, 2: ingenium,moderate,Tac. H. 1, 49.
* Undetermined, undecided: medios esse,i. e. neutral,Cic. Att. 10, 8, 4: medium se gerere,Liv. 2, 27: se dubium mediumque partibus praestitit,Vell. 2, 21, 1; cf.: responsum,indefinite, ambiguous,Liv. 39, 39: vocabula, that can be taken in agood or bad sense, ambiguous, Gell. 12, 9, 1.
* Indifferent, not imperative: officium, a duty which is not distinctly enjoined by the moral law, but is sustained by preponderant reasoning: medium officium id esse dicunt (Graeci) quod cur factum sit, ratio probabilis reddi possit,Cic. Off. 1, 3, 8; cf.: ex quo intellegitur, officium medium quiddam esse, quod neque in bonis ponatur neque in contrariis,id. Fin. 3, 17, 58; cf. sqq. and Madv. ad loc.: artes,which in themselves are neither good nor bad, indifferent,Quint. 2, 20, 1.
* Intermediate: medium erat in Anco ingenium, et Numae et Romuli memor,of a middle kind, resembling each in some degree,Liv. 1, 32, 4: nihil habet ista res (actoris) medium, sed aut lacrimas meretur aut risum,Quint. 6, 1, 45: ille jam paene medius adfectus est ex amoribus et desideriis amicorum,Quint. 6, 2, 17.—Hence, as subst.: mĕdĭus, i, m., one who stands or comes between, a mediator: medium sese offert,as a mediator,Verg. A. 7, 536: pacator mediusque Syphax,Sil. 16, 222: pacis eras mediusque belli,arbiter,Hor. C. 2, 19, 28; cf.: nunc mediis subeant irrita verba deis,oaths in which the gods were called upon to be mediators,Ov. R. Am. 678.
* Central, with ex or in: ex factione media consul,fully committed to it,Sall. H. 3, 61, 8; so (nearly = intimus), viros fortīs et magnanimos eosdem bonos et simplicīs ... esse volumus: quae sunt ex media laude justititiae,these qualities are clearly among those which make uprightness praiseworthy,Cic. Off. 1, 19, 63: partitiones oratoriae, quae e media illa nostra Academia effloruerunt,id. Part. Or. 40, 139: ingressio e media philosophia repetita est,id. Or. 3, 11; id. Leg. 2, 21, 53: in medio maerore et dolore,id. Tusc. 4, 29, 63; id. Q. Fr. 2, 15, 1: in media dimicatione,the hottest of the fight,Suet. Aug. 10; cf.: in medio ardore certaminis,Curt. 8, 4, 27: in media solitudine,the most profound,Sen. Brev. Vit. 12, 2: in mediis divitiis,in abundant wealth,id. Vit. Beat. 26, 1: in medio robore virium,Liv. 28, 35, 6: in medio ardore belli,id. 24, 45, 4: in media reipublicae luce,the full blaze of public life,Quint. 1, 2, 18: media inter pocula,Juv. 8, 217.—Hence
* Lit.
* Of space (very rare in Cic.): in medio aedium sedens,Liv. 1, 57, 9: maris,id. 31, 45, 11; for which, without in, medio aedium eburneis sellis sedere, id. 5, 41, 2: medio viae ponere,id. 37, 13, 10: in agmine in primis modo, modo in postremis, saepe in medio adesse,Sall. J. 45, 2; for which, without in, medio sextam legionem constituit, Tac. A. 13, 38: medio montium porrigitur planities,id. ib. 1, 64: medio stans hostia ad aras,Verg. G. 3, 486: medio tutissimus ibis,Ov. M. 2, 137: in medium geminos immani pondere caestus Projecit,Verg. A. 5, 401: in medium sarcinas coniciunt,Liv. 10, 36, 1; 13: equitatus consulem in medium acceptum, armis protegens, in castra reduxit,id. 21, 46, 9.— Trop.: tamquam arbiter honorarius medium ferire voluisse,to cut through the middle,Cic. Fat. 17, 39: intacta invidiā media sunt, ad summa ferme tendit,Liv. 45, 35.
* Transf.
* The midst of all, the presence of all, the public, the community (class.): in medio omnibus palma est posita, qui artem tractant musicam,lies open to all,Ter. Phorm. prol. 16: tabulae sunt in medio,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 42, § 104: rem totam in medio ponere,publicly,id. ib. 2, 1, 11, § 29: ponam in medio sententias philosophorum,id. N. D. 1, 6, 13: dicendi ratio in medio posita,lies open to all,id. de Or. 1, 3, 12: rem in medium proferre,to publish, make known,id. Fam. 15, 27, 6: vocare in medium, before the public, before a public tribunal: rem in medium vocare coeperunt,id. Clu. 28, 77: in medio relinquere,to leave it to the public, leave it undecided,id. Cael. 20, 48; Sall. C. 19, 16: pellere e medio, to expel, reject, Enn. ap. Cic. Mur. 14, 30 (Ann. v. 272 Vahl.); Cic. Off. 3, 8, 37: cum jacentia verba sustulimus e medio,adopt words from the people, common words,id. de Or. 3, 45, 177; cf.: munda sed e medio consuetaque verba puellae Scribite, Ov. A. A. 3, 479: tollere de medio, to do away with, abolish: litteras,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 71, § 176: tollere de medio, to put out of the way, cut off, destroy: hominem,id. Rosc. Am. 7, 20: de medio removere,to put out of sight,id. ib. 8, 23: e medio excedere or abire, to leave the world, to die: e medio excessit,she is dead,Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 74: ea mortem obiit, e medio abiit,id. ib. 5, 8, 30: tollite lumen e medio,Juv. 9, 106: recedere de medio, to go away, retire, withdraw: cur te mihi offers? recede de medio,Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 112: in medio esse,to be present,Ter. Ad. 3, 5, 32: in medium venire or procedere,to appear, come forward, show one's self in public,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 71, § 175: in medium, before the public, for the public, for the community: communes utilitates in medium afferre,id. Off. 1, 7, 22: consulere in medium,to care for the public good, for the good of all,Verg. A. 11, 335; so opp. separantem suas res a publicis,Liv. 24, 22, 14 sq.; 26, 12, 7: quaerere,to make acquisitions for the use of all,Verg. G. 1, 127: cedere, to fall or devolve to the community, Tac. H. 4, 64: conferre laudem,i. e. so that all may have a share of it,Liv. 6, 6: dare,to communicate for the use of all,Ov. M. 15, 66: in medium conferre, in gaming,to put down, put in the pool,Suet. Aug. 71: in medio, for sub dio, in the open air: scorpios fugari posse, si aliqui ex eis urantur in medio,Pall. 1, 35, 12.
* A half (ante-class. and post-Aug.): scillae medium conterunt cum aqua,Varr. R. R. 2, 7: scrobem ad medium completo,Col. Arb. 4, 5.—Hence
* Indefinitely, Ambros. in Luc. 8, 17, 34.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
Lewis Short
mĕdĭus fĭdĭus and mĕdĭusfĭdĭ-us, v. Fidius.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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