mediocritas

== Latin == === Etymology === From mediocris (“moderate, medium”) + -tās. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [mɛ.diˈɔ.krɪ.taːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [me.diˈɔː.kri.tas] === Noun === mediocritās f (genitive mediocritātis); third declension a middle state medium, mean moderation mediocrity ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== mediocris mediocriter ==== Descendants ==== → English: mediocrity → French: médiocrité → Italian: mediocrità → Portuguese: mediocridade → Romanian: mediocritate → Spanish: mediocridad === References === “mediocritas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “mediocritas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “mediocritas”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)