noun · neutersecond declension
dīmidium
dīmidium n (genitive dīmidiī or dīmidī)
Meaning
- half
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
media parsdīmidium -ī (n) — in IVLIANVS I: Gallia, ch. 12 and Evangelium secundum Marcum, ch. 10
pars altera ex duābus aequīsdīmidium -ī (n) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 23
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dīmidium | dīmidia |
| genitive | dīmidiī dīmidī | dīmidiōrum |
| dative | dīmidiō | dīmidiīs |
| accusative | dīmidium | dīmidia |
| ablative | dīmidiō | dīmidiīs |
| vocative | dīmidium | dīmidia |
dīmĭdĭum, ii, n.,
I. the half, v. the foll. II.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
dīmidium ī, n
dimidius, the half : Vix dum dimidium dixeram, was hardly half through , T.: ut ne minus dimidium ad illum perveniret: quos dimidio redderet stultiores, by half : Hibernia dimidio minor quam, etc., Cs.: Maior dimidio, H.: minus dimidio hostium quam antea occisum, L. —Prov.: Dimidium facti, qui coepit, habet, well begun is half done , H.
Origins
Neuter nominalization of dīmidius (“half, halved”).
Descendants
- Welshdimaifrom Middle Welsh dimei