Mediolatinus

Mediolatinus

Latin

Etymology

Likely calqued on/backported from Italian mediolatino (“Medieval Latin”, adj. and subst.) or another Romance language, and is more in line with Greek than with Latin word-formation models. Analyzable as medius (“middle”) +‎ -o- +‎ Latīnus (“Latin”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /me.di.o.laˈtiː.nus/, [mɛd̪iɔɫ̪äˈt̪iːnʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /me.di.o.laˈti.nus/, [med̪ioläˈt̪iːnus]

Adjective

Mediolatīnus (feminine Mediolatīna, neuter Mediolatīnum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (Contemporary Latin, very rare) Medieval Latin (of or pertaining to the forms of the Latin language written, spoken, and sung during the Middle Ages)
   • 2001, Terence Tunberg, “De Marco Antonio Mureto Oratore et Gallo et Romano” in Humanistica Lovaniensia: Journal of Neo-Latin Studies, volume L, ed. Gilbert Tournoy, Leuven University Press, →ISBN, 306, footnote 7:

     Quae cum de sermōnis proprietātibus praecēperit Valla, vestīgia tamen syntaxeos Mediolatīnae in eius scrīptīs cernere possumus nōn pauca.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	Mediolatīnus	Mediolatīna	Mediolatīnum		Mediolatīnī	Mediolatīnae	Mediolatīna
Genitive	Mediolatīnī	Mediolatīnae	Mediolatīnī		Mediolatīnōrum	Mediolatīnārum	Mediolatīnōrum
Dative	Mediolatīnō		Mediolatīnō		Mediolatīnīs
Accusative	Mediolatīnum	Mediolatīnam	Mediolatīnum		Mediolatīnōs	Mediolatīnās	Mediolatīna
Ablative	Mediolatīnō	Mediolatīnā	Mediolatīnō		Mediolatīnīs
Vocative	Mediolatīne	Mediolatīna	Mediolatīnum		Mediolatīnī	Mediolatīnae	Mediolatīna

Derived terms

• Mediolatīnitās