noun · femininefirst declension
medālia
medālia f (genitive medāliae)
Meaning
- EarlyMedieval Latinthat which is in the middle
- EarlyMedieval Latintype of coin worth half a denarius
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | medālia | medāliae |
| genitive | medāliae | medāliārum |
| dative | medāliae | medāliīs |
| accusative | medāliam | medāliās |
| ablative | medāliā | medāliīs |
| vocative | medālia | medāliae |
Origins
Substantiviation of mediālia (with loss of the first /j/ via dissimilation), neuter plural of Late Latin mediālis (“middle”, adjective), from Classical Latin medius + -ālis. Attested in a ninth-century gloss, with the sense of 'half a denarius', the predominant meaning in Romance. Non-numismatic senses remain, however, in Sardinian and regional Catalan, Spanish, and Portuguese.
Gallo-Romance
- Catalanmallafrom Old Catalan mesala
- Frenchmaillefrom Old French meaille
- Old Franco-Provençalmealla
- Neapolitanmagliafrom Old French meaille
- Old Occitanmezailha
- Old Occitanmialha
Ibero-Romance
- Portuguesemealha
- Spanishmeaja
- Old Leonesemeyaya
- Old Leonesemeaya
Italo-Dalmatian
- Italianmedaglia
- Old Venetanmedaie
Insular Romance
- Sardinianmeaza
- Sassaresemedaça
Rhaeto-Romance
- Friulianmedaie
Gallo-Italic
- Old Ligurianmeaia
- Old Lombardmegaglia
In English words that came into English from medālia
- medalmedālia