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Latin
Etymology
From medius (“middle”) + *tollium; see tellūs.
Pronunciation
Noun
meditullium n (genitive meditulliī or meditullī); second declension
- the part of a land or country which is isolated from the sea; inland, interior
- the middle or center of something
- Synonyms: medietās, medium
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- “meditullium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “meditullium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- meditullium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.