different between medius vs mediums

English

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin from Latin medius (“middle”). See medium. Doublet of minge.

Noun

medius (plural medii)

1. (anatomy) The middle finger; the third digit, or that which corresponds to it.

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *meðjos, from Proto-Indo-European *méd?yos (“between”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ????? (mésos), Sanskrit ???? (mádhya), Avestan ????????????????????????????????????? (maⁱ?ii?na), Old Armenian ??? (m??), Persian ????? (mi?n) etc.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?me.di.us/, [?m?d?i?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?me.di.us/, [?m??d?ius]

Adjective

medius (feminine media, neuter medium, comparative magis medius, superlative medioximus); first/second-declension adjective

1. middle

2. half
3. moderate
4. indifferent, undecided

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Derived terms

Descendants

Borrowings

References

• medius in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• medius in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• medius in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• medius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• medius in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

English

Noun

mediums

1. plural of medium

Anagrams

• dummies

Danish

Noun

mediums n

1. indefinite genitive singular of medium

Swedish

Noun

mediums

1. indefinite genitive singular of medium