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|lshtext=<b>mĕdĭō̆cris</b>: e (ō [[usually]]; [[rarely]] ŏ), adj. [[medius]],<br /><b>I</b> in a [[middle]] [[state]] [[between]] [[too]] [[much]] and [[too]] [[little]], [[middling]], [[moderate]], [[tolerable]], [[ordinary]]; [[sometimes]] also, not [[remarkable]], [[indifferent]], [[mediocre]].<br /><b>I</b> In gen. ([[class]].).<br /> <b>A</b> Lit., of [[size]], [[quantity]], [[degree]], etc., in [[material]] things: [[castellum]], Sall. J. 92, 5: [[spatium]], Caes. B. G. 5, 43: [[agmen]], Hirt. B. G. 8, 9: [[intervallum]], id. B. Alex. 30.—<br /> <b>B</b> Of [[mind]], [[character]], [[ability]], acts, achievements, etc.: C. L. Memmii fuerunt oratores mediocres, Cic. Brut. 36, 136: L. [[Cotta]] in mediocrium oratorum [[numero]], id. ib. 36, 137: non mediocres viri, sed maximi et docti, id. Rep. 3, 11, 19: homines, id. de Or. 1, 21, 94: vir, Just. 1, 4, 4: poëta, Hor. A. P. 372: in mediocribus vel studiis vel officiis, Cic. Rep. 1, 3, 4: [[amicitia]], id. Lael. 6, 10: [[malum]], id. Tusc. 3, 10, 22: artes, id. de Or. 1, 2, 6: [[eloquentia]], id. ib. 1, 29, 133: [[ingenium]], id. ib. 2, 27, 119: excusare ... [[mediocris]] est animi, [[narrow]], [[small]], Caes. B. C. 3, 20: ut [[mediocris]] jacturae te mergat [[onus]], Juv. 13, 7.—<br /><b>II</b> Esp.<br /> <b>A</b> Per litoten, [[with]] non ([[haud]], nec), not [[insignificant]], not [[common]] or [[trivial]]: Jugurthae non mediocrem animum pollicitando accendebant, i. e. [[ardent]], [[ambitious]], Sall. J. 8, 1: non [[mediocris]] hominis haec sunt officia, Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 9: [[haud]] [[mediocris]] hic, ut ego [[quidem]] [[intellego]], vir fuit, Cic. Rep. 2, 31, 55: nec [[mediocre]] [[telum]] ad res gerendas, id. Lael. 17, 61: non mediocrem sibi diligentiam adhibendam intellegebat, [[uncommon]], [[extraordinary]], Caes. B. G. 3, 20: [[praemium]] non [[mediocre]], Suet. Vesp. 18: non [[mediocris]] [[dissensio]], Quint. 9, 1, 10 et saep.—*<br /> <b>B</b> With [[syllaba]], [[common]] = [[anceps]]: syllabarum longarum et brevium et mediocrium junctura, Gell. 16, 18, 5.—Hence, adv.: mĕdĭō̆crĭ-ter.<br /> <b>1</b> Moderately, [[tolerably]], [[ordinarily]], not [[particularly]], not [[very]], not [[remarkably]], not [[much]] ([[class]].): [[ordo]] annalium [[mediocriter]] nos retinet, Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 5: [[corpus]] [[mediocriter]] aegrum, id. Tusc. 3, 10, 22.—<br /> <b>(b)</b> By litotes, [[with]] [[haud]], ne, non (cf.: [[supra]], [[mediocris]], II. A.): [[flagitium]], et [[damnum]] [[haud]] [[mediocriter]], Plaut. Merc. 2, 1, 13: non [[mediocriter]], in no [[moderate]] [[degree]], Caes. B. G. 1, 39: [[reprehensus]] est non [[mediocriter]], i. e. [[greatly]], [[exceedingly]], [[very]] [[much]], Quint. 11, 1, 17; so id. 8, 2, 2; 9; 11, 1, 57 al.—<br /> <b>(g)</b> Very [[little]]: ne [[mediocriter]] [[quidem]] [[disertus]], not in the [[least]], Cic. de Or. 1, 20, 91.—<br /> <b>2</b> With [[moderation]], [[calmly]], [[tranquilly]] = [[modice]] ([[rare]], and perh. [[only]] in Cic.): [[quod]] mihi non [[mediocriter]] ferendum videtur, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 41, § 95.— Comp.: hoc vellem mediocrius, Cic. Att. 1, 20, 5. | |lshtext=<b>mĕdĭō̆cris</b>: e (ō [[usually]]; [[rarely]] ŏ), adj. [[medius]],<br /><b>I</b> in a [[middle]] [[state]] [[between]] [[too]] [[much]] and [[too]] [[little]], [[middling]], [[moderate]], [[tolerable]], [[ordinary]]; [[sometimes]] also, not [[remarkable]], [[indifferent]], [[mediocre]].<br /><b>I</b> In gen. ([[class]].).<br /> <b>A</b> Lit., of [[size]], [[quantity]], [[degree]], etc., in [[material]] things: [[castellum]], Sall. J. 92, 5: [[spatium]], Caes. B. G. 5, 43: [[agmen]], Hirt. B. G. 8, 9: [[intervallum]], id. B. Alex. 30.—<br /> <b>B</b> Of [[mind]], [[character]], [[ability]], acts, achievements, etc.: C. L. Memmii fuerunt oratores mediocres, Cic. Brut. 36, 136: L. [[Cotta]] in mediocrium oratorum [[numero]], id. ib. 36, 137: non mediocres viri, sed maximi et docti, id. Rep. 3, 11, 19: homines, id. de Or. 1, 21, 94: vir, Just. 1, 4, 4: poëta, Hor. A. P. 372: in mediocribus vel studiis vel officiis, Cic. Rep. 1, 3, 4: [[amicitia]], id. Lael. 6, 10: [[malum]], id. Tusc. 3, 10, 22: artes, id. de Or. 1, 2, 6: [[eloquentia]], id. ib. 1, 29, 133: [[ingenium]], id. ib. 2, 27, 119: excusare ... [[mediocris]] est animi, [[narrow]], [[small]], Caes. B. C. 3, 20: ut [[mediocris]] jacturae te mergat [[onus]], Juv. 13, 7.—<br /><b>II</b> Esp.<br /> <b>A</b> Per litoten, [[with]] non ([[haud]], nec), not [[insignificant]], not [[common]] or [[trivial]]: Jugurthae non mediocrem animum pollicitando accendebant, i. e. [[ardent]], [[ambitious]], Sall. J. 8, 1: non [[mediocris]] hominis haec sunt officia, Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 9: [[haud]] [[mediocris]] hic, ut ego [[quidem]] [[intellego]], vir fuit, Cic. Rep. 2, 31, 55: nec [[mediocre]] [[telum]] ad res gerendas, id. Lael. 17, 61: non mediocrem sibi diligentiam adhibendam intellegebat, [[uncommon]], [[extraordinary]], Caes. B. G. 3, 20: [[praemium]] non [[mediocre]], Suet. Vesp. 18: non [[mediocris]] [[dissensio]], Quint. 9, 1, 10 et saep.—*<br /> <b>B</b> With [[syllaba]], [[common]] = [[anceps]]: syllabarum longarum et brevium et mediocrium junctura, Gell. 16, 18, 5.—Hence, adv.: mĕdĭō̆crĭ-ter.<br /> <b>1</b> Moderately, [[tolerably]], [[ordinarily]], not [[particularly]], not [[very]], not [[remarkably]], not [[much]] ([[class]].): [[ordo]] annalium [[mediocriter]] nos retinet, Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 5: [[corpus]] [[mediocriter]] aegrum, id. Tusc. 3, 10, 22.—<br /> <b>(b)</b> By litotes, [[with]] [[haud]], ne, non (cf.: [[supra]], [[mediocris]], II. A.): [[flagitium]], et [[damnum]] [[haud]] [[mediocriter]], Plaut. Merc. 2, 1, 13: non [[mediocriter]], in no [[moderate]] [[degree]], Caes. B. G. 1, 39: [[reprehensus]] est non [[mediocriter]], i. e. [[greatly]], [[exceedingly]], [[very]] [[much]], Quint. 11, 1, 17; so id. 8, 2, 2; 9; 11, 1, 57 al.—<br /> <b>(g)</b> Very [[little]]: ne [[mediocriter]] [[quidem]] [[disertus]], not in the [[least]], Cic. de Or. 1, 20, 91.—<br /> <b>2</b> With [[moderation]], [[calmly]], [[tranquilly]] = [[modice]] ([[rare]], and perh. [[only]] in Cic.): [[quod]] mihi non [[mediocriter]] ferendum videtur, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 41, § 95.— Comp.: hoc vellem mediocrius, Cic. Att. 1, 20, 5. | ||
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|georg=mediocris, e ([[medius]]), [[nur]] [[einigermaßen]] das [[Maß]] haltend, [[mäßig]] in seiner [[Annäherung]] zum Zuwenig, [[mittelmäßig]], [[nur]] so [[ziemlich]], [[unbedeutend]], [[unerheblich]], [[gering]], I) eig.: 1) in bezug [[auf]] räumliche [[Ausdehnung]], [[Umfang]], [[Zahl]], äußeren [[Wert]], [[spatium]], Caes.: [[latitudo]], Caes.: [[statura]], Suet.: [[castellum]], Sall.: [[cochleae]] minutae, maximae, mediocres, [[Varro]]. – copiae, Caes.: [[familia]], Nep. – [[praemium]] [[non]] m., Suet. – 2) in [[Beziehung]] [[auf]] die [[Zeit]] = mittelzeitig, syllabae longae et breves et mediocres, Gell. 16, 18. § 5. – II) übtr., 1) [[mäßig]] dem Stande [[nach]], gewöhnlichen-, niederen Standes, [[unbedeutend]], [[vir]], Iustin.: [[homo]], Augustin.: subst., mediocres, [[Leute]] niederen Standes, die niederen Stände (Ggstz. excelsissimi [[atque]] eminentissimi civitatis viri), Vell. – 2) [[mäßig]] der inneren [[Beschaffenheit]], den Eigenschaften [[nach]], [[mittelmäßig]], [[ziemlich]] [[gewöhnlich]], [[unbedeutend]], [[unerheblich]], [[nicht]] [[sonderlich]], a) v. Pers.: [[orator]], Cic.: poëta, Hor.: homines, Cic.: [[haud]] m. [[vir]], Cic. – b) v. Abstr.: [[ingenium]], Cic.: [[eloquentia]], Cic.: artes, Cic.: studia [[vel]] officia, Cic.: [[laus]], Cic.: [[amicitia]], Cic.: [[amor]] [[non]] m., ungewöhnliche, Cic. – [[malum]], Cic. – [[non]] m. [[diligentia]], Caes.: [[non]] m. [[industria]], Nep. – neutr. pl. subst., mediocria gerere, Unbedeutendes [[ausführen]], Sall. – 3) [[mäßig]], [[gemäßigt]] den [[Wünschen]] u. Bestrebungen [[nach]], [[genügsam]], viri, Sall.: [[mediocris]] est animi, Caes.: Iugurthae [[non]] m. [[animus]], [[nicht]] genügsamer, hochstrebender, Sall.: [[numquam]] mediocria [[nec]] in [[offensa]] [[nec]] in favore studia, Iustin. – / o [[durch]] [[Position]] [[lang]], zB. Hor. de art. poët. 370. – Nom. [[mediocer]], Prisc. de accent. § 23: archaist. Nom. Plur. mediocreis, [[Varro]] LL. 5, 5. | |georg=mediocris, e ([[medius]]), [[nur]] [[einigermaßen]] das [[Maß]] haltend, [[mäßig]] in seiner [[Annäherung]] zum Zuwenig, [[mittelmäßig]], [[nur]] so [[ziemlich]], [[unbedeutend]], [[unerheblich]], [[gering]], I) eig.: 1) in bezug [[auf]] räumliche [[Ausdehnung]], [[Umfang]], [[Zahl]], äußeren [[Wert]], [[spatium]], Caes.: [[latitudo]], Caes.: [[statura]], Suet.: [[castellum]], Sall.: [[cochleae]] minutae, maximae, mediocres, [[Varro]]. – copiae, Caes.: [[familia]], Nep. – [[praemium]] [[non]] m., Suet. – 2) in [[Beziehung]] [[auf]] die [[Zeit]] = mittelzeitig, syllabae longae et breves et mediocres, Gell. 16, 18. § 5. – II) übtr., 1) [[mäßig]] dem Stande [[nach]], gewöhnlichen-, niederen Standes, [[unbedeutend]], [[vir]], Iustin.: [[homo]], Augustin.: subst., mediocres, [[Leute]] niederen Standes, die niederen Stände (Ggstz. excelsissimi [[atque]] eminentissimi civitatis viri), Vell. – 2) [[mäßig]] der inneren [[Beschaffenheit]], den Eigenschaften [[nach]], [[mittelmäßig]], [[ziemlich]] [[gewöhnlich]], [[unbedeutend]], [[unerheblich]], [[nicht]] [[sonderlich]], a) v. Pers.: [[orator]], Cic.: poëta, Hor.: homines, Cic.: [[haud]] m. [[vir]], Cic. – b) v. Abstr.: [[ingenium]], Cic.: [[eloquentia]], Cic.: artes, Cic.: studia [[vel]] officia, Cic.: [[laus]], Cic.: [[amicitia]], Cic.: [[amor]] [[non]] m., ungewöhnliche, Cic. – [[malum]], Cic. – [[non]] m. [[diligentia]], Caes.: [[non]] m. [[industria]], Nep. – neutr. pl. subst., mediocria gerere, Unbedeutendes [[ausführen]], Sall. – 3) [[mäßig]], [[gemäßigt]] den [[Wünschen]] u. Bestrebungen [[nach]], [[genügsam]], viri, Sall.: [[mediocris]] est animi, Caes.: Iugurthae [[non]] m. [[animus]], [[nicht]] genügsamer, hochstrebender, Sall.: [[numquam]] mediocria [[nec]] in [[offensa]] [[nec]] in favore studia, Iustin. – / o [[durch]] [[Position]] [[lang]], zB. Hor. de art. poët. 370. – Nom. [[mediocer]], Prisc. de accent. § 23: archaist. Nom. Plur. mediocreis, [[Varro]] LL. 5, 5. | ||
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Latin > English
mediocris mediocris, mediocre ADJ :: medium, average, middling, ordinary, moderate, tolerable; mediocre
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
mĕdĭō̆cris: e (ō usually; rarely ŏ), adj. medius,
I in a middle state between too much and too little, middling, moderate, tolerable, ordinary; sometimes also, not remarkable, indifferent, mediocre.
I In gen. (class.).
A Lit., of size, quantity, degree, etc., in material things: castellum, Sall. J. 92, 5: spatium, Caes. B. G. 5, 43: agmen, Hirt. B. G. 8, 9: intervallum, id. B. Alex. 30.—
B Of mind, character, ability, acts, achievements, etc.: C. L. Memmii fuerunt oratores mediocres, Cic. Brut. 36, 136: L. Cotta in mediocrium oratorum numero, id. ib. 36, 137: non mediocres viri, sed maximi et docti, id. Rep. 3, 11, 19: homines, id. de Or. 1, 21, 94: vir, Just. 1, 4, 4: poëta, Hor. A. P. 372: in mediocribus vel studiis vel officiis, Cic. Rep. 1, 3, 4: amicitia, id. Lael. 6, 10: malum, id. Tusc. 3, 10, 22: artes, id. de Or. 1, 2, 6: eloquentia, id. ib. 1, 29, 133: ingenium, id. ib. 2, 27, 119: excusare ... mediocris est animi, narrow, small, Caes. B. C. 3, 20: ut mediocris jacturae te mergat onus, Juv. 13, 7.—
II Esp.
A Per litoten, with non (haud, nec), not insignificant, not common or trivial: Jugurthae non mediocrem animum pollicitando accendebant, i. e. ardent, ambitious, Sall. J. 8, 1: non mediocris hominis haec sunt officia, Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 9: haud mediocris hic, ut ego quidem intellego, vir fuit, Cic. Rep. 2, 31, 55: nec mediocre telum ad res gerendas, id. Lael. 17, 61: non mediocrem sibi diligentiam adhibendam intellegebat, uncommon, extraordinary, Caes. B. G. 3, 20: praemium non mediocre, Suet. Vesp. 18: non mediocris dissensio, Quint. 9, 1, 10 et saep.—*
B With syllaba, common = anceps: syllabarum longarum et brevium et mediocrium junctura, Gell. 16, 18, 5.—Hence, adv.: mĕdĭō̆crĭ-ter.
1 Moderately, tolerably, ordinarily, not particularly, not very, not remarkably, not much (class.): ordo annalium mediocriter nos retinet, Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 5: corpus mediocriter aegrum, id. Tusc. 3, 10, 22.—
(b) By litotes, with haud, ne, non (cf.: supra, mediocris, II. A.): flagitium, et damnum haud mediocriter, Plaut. Merc. 2, 1, 13: non mediocriter, in no moderate degree, Caes. B. G. 1, 39: reprehensus est non mediocriter, i. e. greatly, exceedingly, very much, Quint. 11, 1, 17; so id. 8, 2, 2; 9; 11, 1, 57 al.—
(g) Very little: ne mediocriter quidem disertus, not in the least, Cic. de Or. 1, 20, 91.—
2 With moderation, calmly, tranquilly = modice (rare, and perh. only in Cic.): quod mihi non mediocriter ferendum videtur, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 41, § 95.— Comp.: hoc vellem mediocrius, Cic. Att. 1, 20, 5.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
mĕdĭŏcris,⁹ e (medius),
1 moyen, de qualité moyenne, de grandeur moyenne, ordinaire [en parl. de pers. et de choses] : Cic. Br. 94 ; 136 ; Rep. 3, 19 ; Læl. 10 ; Cat. 2, 10 ; Sall. J. 92, 5
2 faible, médiocre, petit : Cic. Tusc. 3, 22 ; de Or. 1, 133 ; mediocris animi est Cæs. C. 3, 20, 3, c’est le fait d’un petit esprit que de || [litote] non mediocris, qui compte, non commun : Cic. Rep. 2, 55 ; Læl. 61 ; Cæs. G. 3, 20
3 [en parl. d’une syllabe] de quantité moyenne, intermédiaire entre la longue et la brève, douteuse : Gell. 16, 18, 5. mĕdĭōcris Hor. P. 370.
Latin > German (Georges)
mediocris, e (medius), nur einigermaßen das Maß haltend, mäßig in seiner Annäherung zum Zuwenig, mittelmäßig, nur so ziemlich, unbedeutend, unerheblich, gering, I) eig.: 1) in bezug auf räumliche Ausdehnung, Umfang, Zahl, äußeren Wert, spatium, Caes.: latitudo, Caes.: statura, Suet.: castellum, Sall.: cochleae minutae, maximae, mediocres, Varro. – copiae, Caes.: familia, Nep. – praemium non m., Suet. – 2) in Beziehung auf die Zeit = mittelzeitig, syllabae longae et breves et mediocres, Gell. 16, 18. § 5. – II) übtr., 1) mäßig dem Stande nach, gewöhnlichen-, niederen Standes, unbedeutend, vir, Iustin.: homo, Augustin.: subst., mediocres, Leute niederen Standes, die niederen Stände (Ggstz. excelsissimi atque eminentissimi civitatis viri), Vell. – 2) mäßig der inneren Beschaffenheit, den Eigenschaften nach, mittelmäßig, ziemlich gewöhnlich, unbedeutend, unerheblich, nicht sonderlich, a) v. Pers.: orator, Cic.: poëta, Hor.: homines, Cic.: haud m. vir, Cic. – b) v. Abstr.: ingenium, Cic.: eloquentia, Cic.: artes, Cic.: studia vel officia, Cic.: laus, Cic.: amicitia, Cic.: amor non m., ungewöhnliche, Cic. – malum, Cic. – non m. diligentia, Caes.: non m. industria, Nep. – neutr. pl. subst., mediocria gerere, Unbedeutendes ausführen, Sall. – 3) mäßig, gemäßigt den Wünschen u. Bestrebungen nach, genügsam, viri, Sall.: mediocris est animi, Caes.: Iugurthae non m. animus, nicht genügsamer, hochstrebender, Sall.: numquam mediocria nec in offensa nec in favore studia, Iustin. – / o durch Position lang, zB. Hor. de art. poët. 370. – Nom. mediocer, Prisc. de accent. § 23: archaist. Nom. Plur. mediocreis, Varro LL. 5, 5.
