mediastinus

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Perhaps a substantive form of an adjective *mediast(r)īnus (“menial”), from medius +‎ -aster +‎ -inus (assuming the form with -r- is the older form).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /me.di.asˈtiː.nus/, [mɛd̪iäs̠ˈt̪iːnʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /me.di.asˈti.nus/, [med̪iäsˈt̪iːnus]

Noun

mediastīnus m (genitive mediastīnī); second declension

  1. common servant employed on general duties, drudge, menial worker

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative mediastīnus mediastīnī
Genitive mediastīnī mediastīnōrum
Dative mediastīnō mediastīnīs
Accusative mediastīnum mediastīnōs
Ablative mediastīnō mediastīnīs
Vocative mediastīne mediastīnī

References
  • “mediastinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “mediastinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • mediastinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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