mediocris

mĕdĭō̆cris, e (ō usually; rarely ŏ), adj. [medius], in a middle state between too much and too little, middling, moderate, tolerable, ordinary; sometimes also, not remarkable, indifferent, mediocre.

• I In gen. (class.).
• • A Lit., of size, quantity, degree, etc., in material things: castellum, Sall. J. 92, 5: spatium, Caes. B. G. 5, 43: agmen, Hirt. B. G. 8, 9: intervallum, Auct. B. Alex. 30.—
  • B Of mind, character, ability, acts, achievements, etc.: C. L. Memmii fuerunt oratores mediocres, Cic. Brut. 36, 136: L. Cotta in mediocrium oratorum numero, id. ib. 36, 137: non mediocres viri, sed maximi et docti, id. Rep. 3, 11, 19: homines, id. de Or. 1, 21, 94: vir, Just. 1, 4, 4: poëta, Hor. A. P. 372: in mediocribus vel studiis vel officiis, Cic. Rep. 1, 3, 4: amicitia, id. Lael. 6, 10: malum, id. Tusc. 3, 10, 22: artes, id. de Or. 1, 2, 6: eloquentia, id. ib. 1, 29, 133: ingenium, id. ib. 2, 27, 119: excusare ... mediocris est animi, narrow, small, Caes. B. C. 3, 20: ut mediocris jacturae te mergat onus, Juv. 13, 7.—
• II Esp.
• • A Per litoten, with non (haud, nec), not insignificant, not common or trivial: Jugurthae non mediocrem animum pollicitando accendebant, i. e. ardent, ambitious, Sall. J. 8, 1: non mediocris hominis haec sunt officia, Ter. Ad. 966: haud mediocris hic, ut ego quidem intellego, vir fuit, Cic. Rep. 2, 31, 55: nec mediocre telum ad res gerendas, id. Lael. 17, 61: non mediocrem sibi diligentiam adhibendam intellegebat, uncommon, extraordinary, Caes. B. G. 3, 20: praemium non mediocre, Suet. Vesp. 18: non mediocris dissensio, Quint. 9, 1, 10 et saep.—*
  • B With syllaba, common = anceps: syllabarum longarum et brevium et mediocrium junctura, Gell. 16, 18, 5.—Hence, adv.: mĕdĭō̆crĭ-ter.
  • • 1 Moderately, tolerably, ordinarily, not particularly, not very, not remarkably, not much (class.): ordo annalium mediocriter nos retinet, Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 5: corpus mediocriter aegrum, id. Tusc. 3, 10, 22.—
    • • • β By litotes, with haud, ne, non (cf.: supra, mediocris, II. A.): flagitium, et damnum haud mediocriter, Plaut. Merc. 2, 1, 13 (237): non mediocriter, in no moderate degree, Caes. B. G. 1, 39: reprehensus est non mediocriter, i. e. greatly, exceedingly, very much, Quint. 11, 1, 17; so id. 8, 2, 2; 9; 11, 1, 57 al.—
        • γ Very little: ne mediocriter quidem disertus, not in the least, Cic. de Or. 1, 20, 91.—
    • 2 With moderation, calmly, tranquilly = modice (rare, and perh. only in Cic.): quod mihi non mediocriter ferendum videtur, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 41, § 95.— Comp.: hoc vellem mediocrius, Cic. Att. 1, 20, 5.

mediocris, e (medius), nur einigermaßen das Maß haltend, mäßig in seiner Annäherung zum Zuwenig, mittelmäßig, nur so ziemlich, unbedeutend, unerheblich, gering, I) eig.: 1) in bezug auf räumliche Ausdehnung, Umfang, Zahl, äußeren Wert, spatium, Caes.: latitudo, Caes.: statura, Suet.: castellum, Sall.: cochleae minutae, maximae, mediocres, Varro. – copiae, Caes.: familia, Nep. – praemium non m., Suet. – 2) in Beziehung auf die Zeit = mittelzeitig, syllabae longae et breves et mediocres, Gell. 16, 18. § 5. – II) übtr., 1) mäßig dem Stande nach, gewöhnlichen-, niederen Standes, unbedeutend, vir, Iustin.: homo, Augustin.: subst., mediocres, Leute niederen Standes, die niederen Stände (Ggstz. excelsissimi atque eminentissimi civitatis viri), Vell. – 2) mäßig der inneren Beschaffenheit, den Eigenschaften nach, mittelmäßig, ziemlich gewöhnlich, unbedeutend, unerheblich, nicht sonderlich, a) v. Pers.: orator, Cic.: poëta, Hor.: homines, Cic.: haud m. vir, Cic. – b) v. Abstr.: ingenium, Cic.: eloquentia, Cic.: artes, Cic.: studia vel officia, Cic.: laus, Cic.: amicitia, Cic.: amor non m., ungewöhnliche, Cic. – malum, Cic. – non m. diligentia, Caes.: non m. industria, Nep. – neutr. pl. subst., mediocria gerere, Unbedeutendes ausführen, Sall. – 3) mäßig, gemäßigt den Wünschen u. Bestrebungen nach, genügsam, viri, Sall.: mediocris est animi, Caes.: Iugurthae non m. animus, nicht genügsamer, hochstrebender, Sall.: numquam mediocria nec in offensa nec in favore studia, Iustin. – ➳ o durch Position lang, zB. Hor. de art. poët. 370. – Nom. mediocer, Prisc. de accent. § 23: archaist. Nom. Plur. mediocreis, Varro LL. 5, 5.

mediocris [CL] 1 of medium size or amount. b of medium age or seniority. hic fuit natione Normannus ‥ statura ~is, eloquio suavis, facie rubicundus Ord. Vit. III 2 p. 42; cuidam Herlewino ‥, ~ium opum viro, nupserat W. Malm. GR III 277; sit autem quantitas ~is, quantum sc. visiva virtus distincte uno intuitu comprehendit Bradw. AM 7; serenissimus princeps ‥ ~i statura decenter enituit Ps.-Elmh. Hen. V 6; s1512 hoc anno magna organa et ~a organa fuerunt quasi de nova reparata ac bene intonata et sonorata Reg. Butley 28.  b xiij vel xv ‥ de senioribus, ~ibus, et junioribus Ann. Durh. 22. 2 (arith., of number) mean. ~es numeri [Trevisa: þe mene nombres] qui quodammodo simplices et incompositi esse videntur Bart. Angl. XIX 124. 3 (mus.) moderate: a moderately loud or soft, high or low. b moderately fast or slow, short or long. a incipiat ~i voce dulcisone cantare RegulC 51; quando cantus planus sive tenor est gravis, contrapunctus sive discantus cantare debet acutum ‥; et si tenor sit ~is, contrapunctus sit eciam ~is Hothby Contrap. Fa 101.  b diversitas altera et major: una longa nimia et tres ~es ‥ et tres festinantes salva ultima, que dicitur ~is vel nimia, et sic tres ~es et tres festinantes Mens. & Disc. (Anon. IV) 85; pausationes ‥ procedunt ‥ in minimis, majoribus, et ~ibus Ib.. 4 of moderate quality, middling. quis ~i fretus ingenio expedire se posse gloriatur? Aldh. VirgP 43; enchiridion suum ‥ in quo non ~e ‥ habebat solatium Asser Alf. 89; si ‥ ~em [sc. equum habuerit], et in freno providere debet mediocritatem Simil. Anselmi app. 193 p. 99; velamen capitis non sit de panno subtili vel pretioso, sed ~i nigro, ne videatur colore vario affectare decorem Ailr. Inst. Inclus. 13; est ‥ grossities hec ‥ aliquando cum abundanti calore et ~i humiditate Quaest. Salern. B 63; nervi, etsi procedant a cerebro non elongati ab eo, inter mollitiem et duritiem fiunt aliquantulum ~es, unde hujusmodi immutationem recipiunt Ib. 201; discernitur ‥ pulsus proprie per digitorum appositionem super locum pulsatilem, quod fieri consuevit cum ~i pressione Bart. Angl. III 23; rufus ‥ et niger ‥ ~is ‥ inter duos colores est hominis qui diligit pacem Bacon V 167; non modiocrem tamen cepi voluptatem Free Ep. 58. 5 commonplace, average. b (of person) of middle social status. c (as sb.) person of middle social status. evidens ‥ indicium est non esse eum legitimum pastorem, sed ne ~em quidem Christianum qui ‥ Novi ‥ Testamenti decreta recusarit Gildas EB 92; gregalis, ~is GlC G 159; philosophia ‥ tam mediocritatis amica quam modestie ‥. licet ‥ ~ibus esse poetis non liceat ‥ ~is tamen competit eis, etsi non scientia, sufficientia Gir. TH intr. p. 4; de aspectu lune ad planetas ‥ oppositio ‥ Mercurius: ‥ dies ~is in conventione scriptorum regum et horum similium Bacon V 112.  b quatuor ex ~ibus hominibus, quos Angli laessthegenes nuncupant (Ps.-Cnut) GAS 620; vir ‥, inter ~es conprovincialium catervas, bone existimationis et benigne conversationis Found. Waltham 1; fuit ‥ vir iste magister Adam ‥ parentum ~um proles illustris Chr. Witham 496; erant ejus parentes censu quidem et honore seculari ~es V. Edm. Rich P 1775B; 1315 potestas datur Antonio de Lucy recipiendi ~es Scotos RScot 152b; pro salute ~is populi statuerunt Trokelowe 96.  c nec solum a ~ibus verum ab ipsis quoque episcopis Bede HE III 25 p. 182; multi nobilium simul et ~ium de gente Anglorum Ib. III 27 p. 192; sintque omnes, tam primarii quam ~es et minuti, immunes, liberi et quieti ab omnibus provincialibus summonitionibus (Ps.-Cnut) GAS 621; 1309 onerosa talliagia, que per potenciores ville predicte super ~es et inferiores ‥ multociens sunt imposita Gild Merch. II 156; justicia penes ~es et communes terre rectum non potuit habere processum Ad. Mur. Chr. app. 245; erant autem in Hibernia eo tempore multi nobilium et ~ium de gente Anglorum NLA I 364. 6 humble, (also as sb. m.) humble person. Christus ‥ ~ibus et contritis corde ‥ misereri scit Aldh. VirgP 43; ne in conspectu majorum arrogans appareat sed potius in ~i oppositus loco Bede Prov. 1012. 7 trivial, insignificant. b (as sb. n.) insignificant word or remark. etiam ~is verbi aspernantur convicium Gildas EB 69; his dictis, redeamus venusto animo unde discesseramus ~i alloquio Byrht. Man. 40; non ~em difficultatem verborum J. Sal. Met. 900A.  b si ‥ haec ~ia metricae definitionis regulis minime caruerint ‥ Aldh. Met. 6.

mĕdĭŏcris, (9) e (medius), ¶ 1 moyen, de qualité moyenne, de grandeur moyenne, ordinaire [en parl. de pers. et de choses] : Cic. Br. 94 ; 136 ; Rep. 3, 19 ; Læl. 10 ; Cat. 2, 10 ; Sall. J. 92, 5 ¶ 2 faible, médiocre, petit : Cic. Tusc. 3, 22 ; de Or. 1, 133 ; mediocris animi est Cæs. C. 3, 20, 3, cʼest le fait dʼun petit esprit que de || [litote] non mediocris, qui compte, non commun : Cic. Rep. 2, 55 ; Læl. 61 ; Cæs. G. 3, 20 ¶ 3 [en parl. dʼune syllabe] de quantité moyenne, intermédiaire entre la longue et la brève, douteuse : Gell. 16, 18, 5.

➳ mĕdĭōcris Hor. P. 370.

mediocris , e. adj.
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mediocris e, adj.

• medius, of middling size, medium, middling, moderate, ordinary: castellum, S.: spatium, Cs.: lacum mediocris aquae prospexit (i. e. mediocrem), O.—Fig., moderate, mean, mediocre, inferior, inconsiderable: oratores: homines: poëta, H.: amicitia: artes: ingenium: excusare . . . mediocris est animi, narrow, Cs.: ut mediocris Iacturae te mergat onus, Iu.: primo mediocria gerebat, S.—With neg, not insignificant, not common, superior, extraordinary: non mediocris animus, i. e. ardent, S.: haud mediocris vir: non mediocris diligentia, Cs.