mediocritas
οὕτως εἴη ἡμίν ὁ Θεός βοηθός καὶ τὸ ἱερὸν Αὐτοῦ Εὐαγγέλιον ὧδε ἐμφανισθέντα-ὁρκισθέντα → so help us God and Ηis holy Gospel the things here declared and sworn
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.
