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|lshtext=<b>mĕdĭō̆cris</b>: e (ō [[usually]]; [[rarely]] ŏ), adj. [[medius]],<br /><b>I</b> in a [[middle]] [[state]] [[between]] [[too]] [[much]] and [[too]] [[little]], [[middling]], [[moderate]], [[tolerable]], [[ordinary]]; [[sometimes]] also, not [[remarkable]], [[indifferent]], [[mediocre]].<br /><b>I</b> In gen. ([[class]].).<br /> <b>A</b> 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.—<br /> <b>B</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.—<br /><b>II</b> Esp.<br /> <b>A</b> 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.—*<br /> <b>B</b> With [[syllaba]], [[common]] = [[anceps]]: syllabarum longarum et brevium et mediocrium junctura, Gell. 16, 18, 5.—Hence, adv.: mĕdĭō̆crĭ-ter.<br /> <b>1</b> 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.—<br /> <b>(b)</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.—<br /> <b>(g)</b> Very [[little]]: ne [[mediocriter]] [[quidem]] [[disertus]], not in the [[least]], Cic. de Or. 1, 20, 91.—<br /> <b>2</b> 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. | |lshtext=<b>mĕdĭō̆cris</b>: e (ō [[usually]]; [[rarely]] ŏ), adj. [[medius]],<br /><b>I</b> in a [[middle]] [[state]] [[between]] [[too]] [[much]] and [[too]] [[little]], [[middling]], [[moderate]], [[tolerable]], [[ordinary]]; [[sometimes]] also, not [[remarkable]], [[indifferent]], [[mediocre]].<br /><b>I</b> In gen. ([[class]].).<br /> <b>A</b> 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.—<br /> <b>B</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.—<br /><b>II</b> Esp.<br /> <b>A</b> 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.—*<br /> <b>B</b> With [[syllaba]], [[common]] = [[anceps]]: syllabarum longarum et brevium et mediocrium junctura, Gell. 16, 18, 5.—Hence, adv.: mĕdĭō̆crĭ-ter.<br /> <b>1</b> 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.—<br /> <b>(b)</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.—<br /> <b>(g)</b> Very [[little]]: ne [[mediocriter]] [[quidem]] [[disertus]], not in the [[least]], Cic. de Or. 1, 20, 91.—<br /> <b>2</b> 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. | ||
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|gf=<b>mĕdĭŏcris</b>,⁹ e ([[medius]]),<br /><b>1</b> 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<br /><b>2</b> 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<br /><b>3</b> [en parl. d’une syllabe] de quantité moyenne, intermédiaire entre la longue et la brève, douteuse : Gell. 16, 18, 5. mĕdĭōcris Hor. P. 370. | |||
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