LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
proper noun · neutersecond declension

Mediolānum

Mediolānum n sg (genitive Mediolānī)
Classical[mɛ.di.ɔˈɫaː.nũː]Ecclesiastical[me.di.oˈlaː.num]

Meaning

  1. Milan (a city in modern Italy)
  2. a town and fort in the Roman province of Brittania, modern Whitchurch, Shropshire
  3. Mediolanum Santonum, modern Saintes, Charente-Maritime (a city in modern France)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeMediolānum—
genitiveMediolānī
Mediōlāniī		—
dativeMediolānō
Mediōlāniō		—
accusativeMediolānum—
ablativeMediolānō
Mediōlāniō		—
vocativeMediolānum—
locativeMediolānī
Mediōlāniī		—

Mĕdĭōlānum or Mĕdĭōlānĭum, i, n.
I. A city in Gallia Cisalpina, the capital of the Insubres, the mod. Milan. Form Mediolanum, Plin. 3, 17, 21, § 124; Just. 29, 5, 8; Tac. H. 1, 70; Aus. de Clar. Urb. 4, 1. Form Mediolanium, Liv. 5, 34, 9; 34, 46, 1; Suet. Aug. 20.—Hence,
B. Mĕdĭōlā-nensis, e, adj., of or belonging to Milan, Milanese: (ager), Varr. R. R. 1, 8: praeco, Cic. Pis. 26, 62.—In plur.: Mĕdĭōlānen-ses, ĭum, m., the Milanese, Varr. R. R. 1, 8, 2. —
II. The chief city of the Santoni in Gaul, on the river Carantonus, now Saintes, Amm. 15, 11, 12; Itin. Anton. p. 459, 3.

Origins

Uncertain; possibly from Gaulish *medios (“middle, central”, from Proto-Celtic *medyos) + *lānom (“plain, field”), therefore meaning “in the middle of a plain”.

Descendants
  • ItalianMilano
  • CatalanMilàfrom Italian Milano
  • FrenchMilanfrom Italian Milano
  • EnglishMilanfrom Italian Milano
  • PortugueseMilãofrom Italian Milano
  • SpanishMilánfrom Italian Milano
  • Italianmediolanità
  • GermanMailand
  • Arabicمِيلَانُوfrom Italian Milano
  • Chinese米蘭from Italian Milano

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

GeographyMediolanumMediolanum (Μεδιόλανον, Pol.; Μεδιολάνιον, Strab., Ptol.: Eth. Mediolanensis: Milano, Milan), the chief city of the Insubres in Cisalpine Gaul, and fo…GeographyMediolanumMediolanum a Gallic name of towns which occurs in Gallia, North Italy, and Britain. 1. Mediolanum is placed in the Table between Forum Segustavarum (F…GeographyMediolanumMediolanum (Μεδιολάνιον, Ptol. 2.11.28), a town in the north-west of Germany, mentioned only by Ptolemy; its site must in all probability be identifie…

Quick answers

What does Mediolānum mean in Latin?
Mediolānum, a proper noun, means “Milan (a city in modern Italy); a town and fort in the Roman province of Brittania, modern Whitchurch, Shropshire; Mediolanum Santonum, modern Saintes, Charente-Maritime (a city in modern France)”.
What is the genitive of Mediolānum?
The genitive singular is Mediolānī. Mediolānum is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce Mediolānum?
In classical Latin, [mɛ.di.ɔˈɫaː.nũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [me.di.oˈlaː.num].