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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 />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<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 />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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 />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop., of the [[middle]], not [[very]] [[great]] or [[small]], [[middling]], medial, [[moderate]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of [[age]]: aetatis mediae vir, of [[middle]] [[age]], Phaedr. 2, 2, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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 />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of [[intellect]]: eloquentiā [[medius]], [[middling]], [[tolerable]], Vell. 2, 29, 2: [[ingenium]], [[moderate]], Tac. H. 1, 49.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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 />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>5</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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 />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>6</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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 />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>7</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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 />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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 />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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 />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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 />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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 />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Indefinitely, Ambros. in Luc. 8, 17, 34.