dimidiatio
Latin
Etymology
dīmidiō (“I halve”, stem with thematic vowel: dīmidiā-) + -tiō (suffix forming verbal nouns)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /diː.mi.diˈaː.ti.oː/, [d̪iːmɪd̪iˈäːt̪ioː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /di.mi.diˈat.t͡si.o/, [d̪imid̪iˈät̪ː͡s̪io]
Noun
dīmidiātiō f (genitive dīmidiātiōnis); third declension
- (Late Latin) a halving, a dividing into halves
- Unde hæc dimidiatio salutis.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (Medieval Latin, heraldry) a dimidiation (marshalling of two coats of arms from the dexter half of one coat and the sinister half of the other)
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | dīmidiātiō | dīmidiātiōnēs |
| Genitive | dīmidiātiōnis | dīmidiātiōnum |
| Dative | dīmidiātiōnī | dīmidiātiōnibus |
| Accusative | dīmidiātiōnem | dīmidiātiōnēs |
| Ablative | dīmidiātiōne | dīmidiātiōnibus |
| Vocative | dīmidiātiō | dīmidiātiōnēs |
Descendants
- → Middle English: dimydicion
- English: dimidiation (re-latinized)
References
- “dīmĭdĭātĭo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- dimidiatio 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)
- dīmĭdĭātĭo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, pages 529–530
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “dimidiatio”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 333