mediastinus

Latin

Alternative forms

mediastrīnus

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 Latin) IPA^(key): /me.di.asˈtiː.nus/, [mɛd̪iäs̠ˈt̪iːnʊs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /me.di.asˈti.nus/, [med̪iäsˈt̪iːnus]

Noun

mediastīnus m (genitive mediastīnī); second declension

common servant employed on general duties, drudge, menial worker

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	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.