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|lshtext=<b>mĕdĭō̆crĭtas</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 | |lshtext=<b>mĕdĭō̆crĭtas</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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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.
