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Latin
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
Noun
mediastīnus m (genitive mediastīnī); second declension
- common servant employed on general duties, drudge, menial worker
Declension
Second-declension noun.
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.