dimidius

Latin

Latin numbers ^(edit)

	20[a], [b], [c], [d], [e]
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Cardinal: duo     Ordinal: secundus, alter     Adverbial: bis     Proportional: duplus     Multiplier: duplex, alterplex, biplex     Distributive: bīnus     Collective: bīniō     Fractional: dīmidius, sēmis

Etymology

dis- (“in two”) +‎ medius (“middle”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /diːˈmi.di.us/, [d̪iːˈmɪd̪iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /diˈmi.di.us/, [d̪iˈmiːd̪ius]

Adjective

dīmidius (feminine dīmidia, neuter dīmidium); first/second-declension adjective

1. half
2. halved

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	dīmidius	dīmidia	dīmidium		dīmidiī	dīmidiae	dīmidia
genitive	dīmidiī	dīmidiae	dīmidiī		dīmidiōrum	dīmidiārum	dīmidiōrum
dative	dīmidiō	dīmidiae	dīmidiō		dīmidiīs
accusative	dīmidium	dīmidiam	dīmidium		dīmidiōs	dīmidiās	dīmidia
ablative	dīmidiō	dīmidiā	dīmidiō		dīmidiīs
vocative	dīmidie	dīmidia	dīmidium		dīmidiī	dīmidiae	dīmidia

Derived terms

• dīmidium (“half”)

Descendants

• Vulgar Latin: *dimedium
  • 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’s 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, volumes 3: D–F, page 80