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οὕτως ἔσονται οἱ ἔσχατοι πρῶτοι καὶ οἱ πρῶτοι ἔσχατοι· πολλοὶ γάρ εἰσι κλητοί, ὀλίγοι δὲ ἐκλεκτοί → so the last shall be first and the first last for many be called but few chosen

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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.

Latin > Chinese

mediocris, e. adj. :: 中等者