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|lshtext=<b>mĕdĭus fĭdĭus</b>: and mĕdĭusfĭdĭ-us, v. [[Fidius]].<br /><b>mĕdĭus</b>: a, um, adj. Sanscr. madhya, the [[same]]; Gr. [[μέσος]]; Angl. - Sax. midd; Germ. Mitte; cf. [[dimidius]], [[meridies]] (medi-), etc.,<br /><b>I</b> [[that]] is in the [[middle]] or [[midst]], [[mid]], [[middle]] ([[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> Adj.<br /> <b>A</b> 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.—<br /> <b>2</b> Transf., [[half]] ([[ante]]- and postclass.): hieme demunt cibum [[medium]], [[half]] [[their]] [[food]], Varr. R. R. 3, 7, 9: [[scrupulum]] croci, Pall. Jan. 18: [[aurum]] ... Italicis totum, [[medium]] provincialibus reddidit, [[Capitol]]. Anton. Pius, 4 fin.—<br /> <b>B</b> Trop., of the [[middle]], not [[very]] [[great]] or [[small]], [[middling]], medial, [[moderate]].<br /> <b>1</b> Of [[age]]: aetatis mediae vir, of [[middle]] [[age]], Phaedr. 2, 2, 3.—<br /> <b>2</b> 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.—<br /> <b>3</b> Of [[intellect]]: eloquentiā [[medius]], [[middling]], [[tolerable]], Vell. 2, 29, 2: [[ingenium]], [[moderate]], Tac. H. 1, 49.—<br /> <b>4</b> 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 a [[good]] or [[bad]] [[sense]], [[ambiguous]], Gell. 12, 9, 1. —<br /> <b>5</b> 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.—<br /> <b>6</b> 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.—<br /> <b>7</b> 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,<br /><b>II</b> Subst.: mĕdĭum, ii, n., the [[middle]], [[midst]].<br /> <b>A</b> Lit.<br /> <b>1</b> 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.—<br /> <b>2</b> Of [[time]]: diei, Liv. 27, 48: [[medio]] temporis, in the [[meantime]], [[meanwhile]], Tac. A. 13, 28; cf.: nec [[longum]] in [[medio]] [[tempus]], cum, the [[interval]], Verg. A. 9, 395; Ov. M. 4, 167; Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 13.—<br /> <b>B</b> Transf.<br /> <b>1</b> 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.—<br /> <b>2</b> 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,<br /><b>III</b> 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.—<br /> <b>2</b> Indefinitely, Ambros. in Luc. 8, 17, 34. | |lshtext=<b>mĕdĭus fĭdĭus</b>: and mĕdĭusfĭdĭ-us, v. [[Fidius]].<br /><b>mĕdĭus</b>: a, um, adj. Sanscr. madhya, the [[same]]; Gr. [[μέσος]]; Angl. - Sax. midd; Germ. Mitte; cf. [[dimidius]], [[meridies]] (medi-), etc.,<br /><b>I</b> [[that]] is in the [[middle]] or [[midst]], [[mid]], [[middle]] ([[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> Adj.<br /> <b>A</b> 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.—<br /> <b>2</b> Transf., [[half]] ([[ante]]- and postclass.): hieme demunt cibum [[medium]], [[half]] [[their]] [[food]], Varr. R. R. 3, 7, 9: [[scrupulum]] croci, Pall. Jan. 18: [[aurum]] ... Italicis totum, [[medium]] provincialibus reddidit, [[Capitol]]. Anton. Pius, 4 fin.—<br /> <b>B</b> Trop., of the [[middle]], not [[very]] [[great]] or [[small]], [[middling]], medial, [[moderate]].<br /> <b>1</b> Of [[age]]: aetatis mediae vir, of [[middle]] [[age]], Phaedr. 2, 2, 3.—<br /> <b>2</b> 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.—<br /> <b>3</b> Of [[intellect]]: eloquentiā [[medius]], [[middling]], [[tolerable]], Vell. 2, 29, 2: [[ingenium]], [[moderate]], Tac. H. 1, 49.—<br /> <b>4</b> 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 a [[good]] or [[bad]] [[sense]], [[ambiguous]], Gell. 12, 9, 1. —<br /> <b>5</b> 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.—<br /> <b>6</b> 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.—<br /> <b>7</b> 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,<br /><b>II</b> Subst.: mĕdĭum, ii, n., the [[middle]], [[midst]].<br /> <b>A</b> Lit.<br /> <b>1</b> 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.—<br /> <b>2</b> Of [[time]]: diei, Liv. 27, 48: [[medio]] temporis, in the [[meantime]], [[meanwhile]], Tac. A. 13, 28; cf.: nec [[longum]] in [[medio]] [[tempus]], cum, the [[interval]], Verg. A. 9, 395; Ov. M. 4, 167; Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 13.—<br /> <b>B</b> Transf.<br /> <b>1</b> 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.—<br /> <b>2</b> 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,<br /><b>III</b> 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.—<br /> <b>2</b> Indefinitely, Ambros. in Luc. 8, 17, 34. | ||
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|gf=<b>mĕdĭus</b>,⁶ a, um,<br /><b>1</b> qui [[est]] au milieu, au centre, central : media [[pars]] Cic. de Or. 3, 192, le milieu ; [[medius]] [[locus]] mundi Cic. Tusc. 1, 40, le centre du monde, cf. Cic. Tusc. 5, 69 ; Nat. 2, 84 ; [[globus]], quem in [[hoc]] templo [[medium]] vides Cic. Rep. 6, 15, le globe que tu vois au milieu de ce temple ; quæ [[regio]] [[totius]] Galliæ media habetur Cæs. G. 6, 13, 10, région que l’on considère comme au centre de toute la Gaule, cf. Cæs. G. 4, 19, 3 ; [[uti]] aliquem locum [[medium]] utriusque conloquio deligeret Cæs. G. 1, 34, 1, de choisir en vue d’un entretien un endroit à égale distance de l’un et de l’autre ; ne [[medius]] ex [[tribus]] foret Sall. J. 11, 3, pour qu’il ne fût pas celui des trois qui tiendrait la place du milieu ; [[medius]] Polluce et Castore Ov. Am. 2, 16, 13, entre [[Pollux]] et [[Castor]]<br /><b>2</b> qui constitue le milieu d’un objet [p. la constr. comp. [[extremus]], [[imus]], etc. ] : in media [[insula]] Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 106, au milieu de l’île ; [[medio]] in [[foro]] Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 86, au milieu du [[forum]] ; [[medium]] arripere aliquem Ter. Ad. 316, saisir qqn par le milieu du corps, cf. Liv. 23, 9, 9 || [[ingressio]] e media [[philosophia]] repetita Cic. Or. 11, exorde tiré du cœur de la [[philosophie]] ; in [[medio]] [[jure]] civili versari Cic. de Or. 1, 180, être en plein droit civil ; [[hoc]] e [[medio]] [[est]] [[jure]] civili, ut Cic. Leg. 2, 53, c’[[est]] du pur droit civil que de ; in media potione Cic. Clu. 30, pendant même qu’il buvait ; [[inter]] media argumenta Cic. Or. 127, au milieu même de l’argumentation<br /><b>3</b> [en parl. du temps] intermédiaire : [[ultimum]], proximum, [[medium]] [[tempus]] Cic. Prov. 43, le temps le [[plus]] reculé, le [[plus]] rapproché, intermédiaire ; [[medius]] [[dies]] Cic. Br. 87, un jour d’intervalle ; media ætas Cic. CM 76, âge intermédiaire [entre la jeunesse et la vieillesse], âge mûr ; [[medio]] tempore Suet. Cæs. 76, dans l’intervalle || media æstate Cic. Pomp. 35, au milieu de l’été<br /><b>4</b> [fig.] <b> a)</b> intermédiaire entre deux extrêmes : [[non]] placuit Epicuro [[medium]] [[esse]] quiddam [[inter]] dolorem et voluptatem Cic. Fin. 1, 38, Épicure ne voulait pas qu’il y eût un état intermédiaire entre la douleur et le plaisir, cf. Cic. Phil. 8, 4 ; [[modo]] intellegas [[inter]] illum qui... et [[eum]] qui... [[esse]] illum [[medium]] Cic. Fin. 2, 14, pourvu que tu comprennes qu’entre celui-là qui... et celui qui... il y a cet autre qui tient le milieu, cf. Cic. Ac. 2, 139 || [[medium]] [[officium]] Cic. Off. 1, 8, devoir moyen, devoir commun, cf. Cic. Off. 3, 14 ; Fin. 3, 58 ; <b> b)</b> intermédiaire entre deux partis, entre deux opinions : [[medium]] quoddam tuum [[consilium]] fuit Cic. Fam. 4, 7, 3, ta résolution tint une sorte de milieu ; [[nego]] quidquam [[esse]] [[medium]] Cic. Phil. 2, 31, je déclare qu’il n’y a pas de milieu ; [[medium]] quiddam sequi Cic. Br. 149, suivre un [[juste]] milieu || [[neutre]] : medios [[esse]] [[jam]] [[non]] [[licebit]] Cic. Att. 10, 8, 4, on ne pourra [[plus]] garder la neutralité ; [[medium]] se gerere Liv. 2, 27, 3, se montrer [[neutre]], ne pas prendre [[parti]] || indéterminé, équivoque : [[responsum]] [[medium]] Liv. 39, 39, 8, réponse équivoque ; media vocabula Gell. 12, 9, 1, [[termes]] ambigus ; <b> c)</b> moyen : [[eloquentia]] [[medius]] Vell. 2, 29, 2, d’une éloquence moyenne ; [[ipsi]] [[medium]] [[ingenium]] Tac. H. 1, 49, lui-même avait d’honnêtes qualités morales ; <b> d)</b> intermédiaire = participant à deux choses contraires : [[medium]] erat in Anco [[ingenium]] et Numæ et Romuli [[memor]] Liv. 1, 32, 4, le caractère d’[[Ancus]] tenait le milieu, participant à la fois de celui de [[Numa]] et de celui de [[Romulus]] ; [[pacis]] eras mediusque belli Hor. O. 2, 19, 28, tu participais à la paix et à la guerre ; <b> e)</b> intermédiaire, médiateur : paci [[medium]] se offert Virg. En. 7, 536, il s’offre comme médiateur pour la paix, cf. Ov. Rem. 678 ; Sil. 16, 222 ; <b> f)</b> à la traverse : ne [[medius]] occurrere possit Virg. En. 1, 682, pour qu’il ne puisse arriver à la traverse de mes desseins<br /><b>5</b> moitié : [[cibus]] [[medius]] [[Varro]] R. 3, 7, 10, la moitié de la nourriture, cf. Col. Rust. 11, 2, 39. | |||
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mĕdĭus fĭdĭus: and mĕdĭusfĭdĭ-us, v. Fidius.
mĕdĭus: a, um, adj. Sanscr. madhya, the same; Gr. μέσος; Angl. - Sax. midd; Germ. Mitte; cf. dimidius, meridies (medi-), etc.,
I that is in the middle or midst, mid, middle (class.).
I Adj.
A 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.—
2 Transf., half (ante- and postclass.): hieme demunt cibum medium, half their food, Varr. R. R. 3, 7, 9: scrupulum croci, Pall. Jan. 18: aurum ... Italicis totum, medium provincialibus reddidit, Capitol. Anton. Pius, 4 fin.—
B Trop., of the middle, not very great or small, middling, medial, moderate.
1 Of age: aetatis mediae vir, of middle age, Phaedr. 2, 2, 3.—
2 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.—
3 Of intellect: eloquentiā medius, middling, tolerable, Vell. 2, 29, 2: ingenium, moderate, Tac. H. 1, 49.—
4 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 a good or bad sense, ambiguous, Gell. 12, 9, 1. —
5 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.—
6 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.—
7 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,
II Subst.: mĕdĭum, ii, n., the middle, midst.
A Lit.
1 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.—
2 Of time: diei, Liv. 27, 48: medio temporis, in the meantime, meanwhile, Tac. A. 13, 28; cf.: nec longum in medio tempus, cum, the interval, Verg. A. 9, 395; Ov. M. 4, 167; Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 13.—
B Transf.
1 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.—
2 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,
III 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.—
2 Indefinitely, Ambros. in Luc. 8, 17, 34.
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mĕdĭus,⁶ a, um,
1 qui est au milieu, au centre, central : media pars Cic. de Or. 3, 192, le milieu ; medius locus mundi Cic. Tusc. 1, 40, le centre du monde, cf. Cic. Tusc. 5, 69 ; Nat. 2, 84 ; globus, quem in hoc templo medium vides Cic. Rep. 6, 15, le globe que tu vois au milieu de ce temple ; quæ regio totius Galliæ media habetur Cæs. G. 6, 13, 10, région que l’on considère comme au centre de toute la Gaule, cf. Cæs. G. 4, 19, 3 ; uti aliquem locum medium utriusque conloquio deligeret Cæs. G. 1, 34, 1, de choisir en vue d’un entretien un endroit à égale distance de l’un et de l’autre ; ne medius ex tribus foret Sall. J. 11, 3, pour qu’il ne fût pas celui des trois qui tiendrait la place du milieu ; medius Polluce et Castore Ov. Am. 2, 16, 13, entre Pollux et Castor
2 qui constitue le milieu d’un objet [p. la constr. comp. extremus, imus, etc. ] : in media insula Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 106, au milieu de l’île ; medio in foro Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 86, au milieu du forum ; medium arripere aliquem Ter. Ad. 316, saisir qqn par le milieu du corps, cf. Liv. 23, 9, 9
