dimidiatio
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]dīmidiō (“I halve”, stem with thematic vowel: dīmidiā-) + -tiō (suffix forming verbal nouns)
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /diː.mi.diˈaː.ti.oː/, [d̪iːmɪd̪iˈäːt̪ioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /di.mi.diˈat.t͡si.o/, [d̪imid̪iˈät̪ː͡s̪io]
Noun
[edit]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
[edit]Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dīmidiātiō | dīmidiātiōnēs |
| genitive | dīmidiātiōnis | dīmidiātiōnum |
| dative | dīmidiātiōnī | dīmidiātiōnibus |
| accusative | dīmidiātiōnem | dīmidiātiōnēs |
| ablative | dīmidiātiōne | dīmidiātiōnibus |
| vocative | dīmidiātiō | dīmidiātiōnēs |
Descendants
[edit]- → Middle English: dimydicion
- English: dimidiation (re-latinized)
References
[edit]- “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