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|lnetxt=mediocritas mediocritatis N F :: [[medium]], [[moderateness]]; [[mediocrity]]
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|lshtext=<b>mĕdĭō&#774;crĭtas</b>: ātis, f. [[mediocris]].<br /><b>I</b> A [[middle]] [[state]], a [[medium]], [[mean]]; moderateness, [[moderation]] ([[class]].): mediocritatem illam [[tenere]], quae est [[inter]] [[nimium]] et [[parum]], Cic. Off. 1, 25, 89; 1, 39, 140: in dicendo, [[mediocrity]], id. de Or. 1, 25, 117: dicendi, id. Brut. 66, 235: [[vultus]], i. e. a [[medium]] [[between]] [[excessive]] gayety and [[over]]-[[seriousness]], Auct. Her. 3, 15, 26: auream [[quisquis]] mediocritatem Diligit, Hor. C. 2, 10, 5. —Of [[style]]: cum [[omnis]] [[virtus]] [[sit]] [[mediocritas]], Cic. Brut. 40, 149: mediocritatis ([[exemplum]] esse) Terentium, Varr. ap. Gell. 6, 14, 6.—In plur.: mediocritates [[illi]] probabant, [[moderate]] passions, Cic. Ac. 2, 44, 135: mediocritates vel perturbationum vel morborum animi, id. Tusc. 3, 10, 22.—<br /><b>II</b> Meanness, [[insignificance]], [[littleness]], [[inferiority]] ([[rare]] [[but]] [[class]].): hominum, Vell. 2, 130, 3: [[quod]] meae mediocritati conveniret, my [[insignificance]], Gell. 14, 2, 25; cf.: [[mediocritas]] nostra, my [[modest]] [[self]], Vell. 2, 111, 3: ingenii, Cic. Phil. 2, 1, 2: memoriae, Quint. 11, 2, 39.
|lshtext=<b>mĕdĭō&#774;crĭtas</b>: ātis, f. [[mediocris]].<br /><b>I</b> A [[middle]] [[state]], a [[medium]], [[mean]]; moderateness, [[moderation]] ([[class]].): mediocritatem illam [[tenere]], quae est [[inter]] [[nimium]] et [[parum]], Cic. Off. 1, 25, 89; 1, 39, 140: in dicendo, [[mediocrity]], id. de Or. 1, 25, 117: dicendi, id. Brut. 66, 235: [[vultus]], i. e. a [[medium]] [[between]] [[excessive]] gayety and [[over]]-[[seriousness]], Auct. Her. 3, 15, 26: auream [[quisquis]] mediocritatem Diligit, Hor. C. 2, 10, 5. —Of [[style]]: cum [[omnis]] [[virtus]] [[sit]] [[mediocritas]], Cic. Brut. 40, 149: mediocritatis ([[exemplum]] esse) Terentium, Varr. ap. Gell. 6, 14, 6.—In plur.: mediocritates [[illi]] probabant, [[moderate]] passions, Cic. Ac. 2, 44, 135: mediocritates vel perturbationum vel morborum animi, id. Tusc. 3, 10, 22.—<br /><b>II</b> Meanness, [[insignificance]], [[littleness]], [[inferiority]] ([[rare]] [[but]] [[class]].): hominum, Vell. 2, 130, 3: [[quod]] meae mediocritati conveniret, my [[insignificance]], Gell. 14, 2, 25; cf.: [[mediocritas]] nostra, my [[modest]] [[self]], Vell. 2, 111, 3: ingenii, Cic. Phil. 2, 1, 2: memoriae, Quint. 11, 2, 39.
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|gf=<b>mĕdĭŏcrĭtās</b>,¹² ātis, f. ([[mediocris]]),<br /><b>1</b> état moyen, moyenne, [[juste]] milieu : Cic. Off. 1, 89 ; Fin. 1, 2 ; Br. 149 ; 166 ; 235 ; pl., Cic. Ac. 2, 135 ; Tusc. 3, 22<br /><b>2</b> infériorité, médiocrité, insignifiance : Cic. Phil. 2, 2 ; Vell. 2, 130, 3 ; Gell. 14, 2, 25 ; Quint. 11, 2, 39.
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|georg=mediocritās, ātis, f. (mediocrīs), I) die Mittelmäßigkeit, Geringheit der [[Beschaffenheit]], den Eigenschaften [[nach]], [[rei]] [[familiaris]], Suet.: mea ingenii, Cic.: hominum, Vell.: memoriae, Ouint.: mea m., meine [[Wenigkeit]], meine geringen Kräfte [[oder]] Verdienste, Gell. u.a. (vgl. Bünem. Lact. 3, 30, 1). – II) das [[Maßhalten]] dem [[Verhalten]], den Bestrebungen u. [[Wünschen]] [[nach]], das [[Maß]], die [[Mittelstraße]], mediocritatem [[tenere]], Cic.: auream mediocritatem diligere, Hor.: dicendi od. in dicendo, Cic.: [[vultus]], [[Mitte]] [[zwischen]] [[allzu]] großer [[Heiterkeit]] und [[allzu]] tiefem Ernste, Cornif. rhet. – Plur., mediocritates perturbationum [[vel]] morborum animi, Cic.: u. so bl. mediocritates probabant, die [[Mittelstraße]] = die gemäßigten Leidenschaften, Cic.
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|lnztxt=mediocritas, atis. f. :: [[中等]]
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Latest revision as of 20:37, 12 June 2024

Latin > English

mediocritas mediocritatis N F :: medium, moderateness; mediocrity

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

mĕdĭō̆crĭtas: ātis, f. mediocris.
I A middle state, a medium, mean; moderateness, moderation (class.): mediocritatem illam tenere, quae est inter nimium et parum, Cic. Off. 1, 25, 89; 1, 39, 140: in dicendo, mediocrity, id. de Or. 1, 25, 117: dicendi, id. Brut. 66, 235: vultus, i. e. a medium between excessive gayety and over-seriousness, Auct. Her. 3, 15, 26: auream quisquis mediocritatem Diligit, Hor. C. 2, 10, 5. —Of style: cum omnis virtus sit mediocritas, Cic. Brut. 40, 149: mediocritatis (exemplum esse) Terentium, Varr. ap. Gell. 6, 14, 6.—In plur.: mediocritates illi probabant, moderate passions, Cic. Ac. 2, 44, 135: mediocritates vel perturbationum vel morborum animi, id. Tusc. 3, 10, 22.—
II Meanness, insignificance, littleness, inferiority (rare but class.): hominum, Vell. 2, 130, 3: quod meae mediocritati conveniret, my insignificance, Gell. 14, 2, 25; cf.: mediocritas nostra, my modest self, Vell. 2, 111, 3: ingenii, Cic. Phil. 2, 1, 2: memoriae, Quint. 11, 2, 39.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

mĕdĭŏcrĭtās,¹² ātis, f. (mediocris),
1 état moyen, moyenne, juste milieu : Cic. Off. 1, 89 ; Fin. 1, 2 ; Br. 149 ; 166 ; 235 ; pl., Cic. Ac. 2, 135 ; Tusc. 3, 22
2 infériorité, médiocrité, insignifiance : Cic. Phil. 2, 2 ; Vell. 2, 130, 3 ; Gell. 14, 2, 25 ; Quint. 11, 2, 39.

Latin > German (Georges)

mediocritās, ātis, f. (mediocrīs), I) die Mittelmäßigkeit, Geringheit der Beschaffenheit, den Eigenschaften nach, rei familiaris, Suet.: mea ingenii, Cic.: hominum, Vell.: memoriae, Ouint.: mea m., meine Wenigkeit, meine geringen Kräfte oder Verdienste, Gell. u.a. (vgl. Bünem. Lact. 3, 30, 1). – II) das Maßhalten dem Verhalten, den Bestrebungen u. Wünschen nach, das Maß, die Mittelstraße, mediocritatem tenere, Cic.: auream mediocritatem diligere, Hor.: dicendi od. in dicendo, Cic.: vultus, Mitte zwischen allzu großer Heiterkeit und allzu tiefem Ernste, Cornif. rhet. – Plur., mediocritates perturbationum vel morborum animi, Cic.: u. so bl. mediocritates probabant, die Mittelstraße = die gemäßigten Leidenschaften, Cic.

Latin > Chinese

mediocritas, atis. f. :: 中等