dimidius

== Latin == === Etymology === From dis- (“in two”) + medius (“middle”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [diːˈmɪ.di.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [diˈmiː.di.us] === Adjective === dīmidius (feminine dīmidia, neuter dīmidium); first/second-declension adjective half halved ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== dīmidiō (“to halve”) dīmidium (“half”) ==== Descendants ==== Vulgar Latin: *dimedium Old Catalan: demig ⇒ Catalan: endemig French: demi → English: demi-, demy Old Occitan: demiey → Welsh: dimei === References === “dimidius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “dimidius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "dimidius", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “dimidius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “dimĭdius”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 3: D–F, page 80