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Latin
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
dīmidius + -ō
Verb
dīmidiō (present infinitive dīmidiāre, perfect active dīmidiāvī, supine dīmidiātum); first conjugation
- to halve (divide in two)
Conjugation
Derived terms
References
- “dīmĭdĭo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- dīmĭdĭo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 530/1.
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
dīmidiō n
- dative/ablative singular of dīmidium (“half”)
Descendants
Spanish
Verb
dimidio
- first-person singular present indicative of dimidiar