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1 σαρκικός
σαρκικός, ή, όν (σάρξ; Aristot., HA 10, 2, 635a, 11 v.l.; a verse, perh. by Sotades Lyr. [III B.C.] 19, p. 244 Coll.; Maximus Tyr. 11, 10e v.l. [for σάρκινος]; ParJer 6:6 τῷ σαρκικῷ οἴκῳ [cp. Mel., P. 55, 402 Ch. τοῦ σαρκίνου οἴκου, but σαρκικοῦ B]; Just., Tat.—σαρκικός means ‘belonging to the σάρξ’ [opp. πνευματικός], ‘fleshly’; on the other hand, σάρκινος is ‘consisting/composed of flesh’, ‘fleshy’. Our lit., or at least its copyists, for the most part did not observe this distinction in all occurrences of the word. The forms are generally interchanged in the tradition; for exceptions s. MParsons, NTS 34, ’88, 151–55; s. also B-D-F §113, 2; Rob. 158f.)① pert. to being material or belonging to the physical realm, material, physical, human, fleshlyⓐ of everyday earthly things, τὰ σαρκικά in ref. to a collection for the poor in Jerusalem Ro 15:27; of material means of support 1 Cor 9:11.ⓑ of human physical being as such: Polycarp is σαρκικὸς καὶ πνευματικός, i.e. the physical aspect makes it possible to deal with visible phenomena and the spiritual contributes a special dimension to the encounter IPol 2:2. Jesus is called σαρκικός τε καὶ πνευματικός, γεννητὸς καὶ ἀγέννητος IEph 7:2. The Risen Lord συνέφαγεν αὐτοῖς (i.e. the disciples) ὡς σαρκικός he ate with them as an ordinary human being would ISm 3:3. ἵνα ἐκ νεκρῶν ἡμᾶς ἐγείρῃ σαρκικούς that (Jesus Christ) might raise us mere humans from the dead AcPlCor 2:6.—Sim. ἀγάπη σαρκική τε καὶ πνευματική ISm 13:2. ἕνωσις IMg 13:2. ἐπιμέλεια IPol 1:2. In all these pass. Ignatius expresses his understanding of a human being as consisting of two major parts: material body and inward endowment of spirit. Thus Ignatius’s Christians function in two realms. This perspective is different (exc. for the reminiscence IEph 8:2 [s. 2]) from the qualitative judgments expressed in pass. in 2 in which ς. and πνευματικός are in opposition.② pert. to being human at a disappointing level of behavior or characteristics, (merely) human. Old Testament perspectives respecting the fragility of bodily existence are assumed in our lit., but with a heightening of contrast between the physical and spiritual state or condition and with focus on the physical as being quite mediocre, transitory, or sinful earthly, mediocre, merely human, worldly (Anth. Pal. 1, 107; Iren. 1, 6, 3 [Harv. I 56, 2]; Orig., C. Cels. 3, 42, 11; Hippol., Ref. 5, 8, 18; Did., Gen. 62, 3): (ἄνθρωποι) ς. 1 Cor 3:4 v.l.; ὅπλα 2 Cor 10:4. σοφία 1:12. αἱ σαρκικαὶ ἐπιθυμίαι 1 Pt 2:11; αἱ σαρκικαὶ καὶ σωματικαὶ ἐπιθυμίαι D 1:4. Of immature Christians σαρκικοί ἐστε 1 Cor 3:3ab. In what appears to be a reminiscence of 2 Cor 2:14–3:3 (s. also Ro 8:5), of dissidents or schismatics in contrast to orthodox believers οἱ σαρκικοὶ τὰ πνευματικὰ πράσσειν οὐ δύνανται, οὐδὲ οἱ πνευματικοὶ τὰ σαρκικά IEph 8:2.—In addition, σαρκικός is found as v.l. (σάρκινος is in the text, as Maximus Tyr. 11, 10f; Philo, Sacr. Abel. 63) in Ro 7:14; 1 Cor 3:1; Hb 7:16; in all three places the v.l. is the rdg. of the t.r.—S. lit. s.v. σάρξ. DELG s.v. σάρξ. M-M. TW. Spicq. -
2 μέσος
μέσος, η, ον, also Arc. (v. ἰμέσος, μεσακόθεν); [dialect] Ep. [full] μέσσος (also [dialect] Aeol., Sapph.1.12, IG11(4).1064b32, and Lyr., Pi.P.4.224, and sts. in Trag., E.HF 403 (lyr.), S.OC 1247 (lyr.), Tr. 635 (lyr.), Ant. 1223, 1236, Fr.255.5), [dialect] Boeot., Cret. [full] μέττος, IG7.2420.20 (iii B. C.), GDI 5000 iiA b 2 (v B. C.):—middle, in the middle,I of Space, esp. with Nouns, of the middle point or part,μ. σάκος Il.7.258
;ἱστίον 1.481
; οὐρανός zenith, Od.4.400; μ. ἀπήνης from mid chariot, S.OT 812; ἐν αἰθέρι μ. in mid-air, Id.Ant. 416; μ. μετώπῳ in the middle of the forehead, PRyl.128.30 (i A. D.): in Prose freq. preceding the Art.,κατὰ μέσον τὸν σταθμόν X.An.1.7.14
; ἐν μ. τῇ χώρᾳ ib.2.1.11; ἐκ μ. τῆς νήσου, κατὰ μ. τὴν νῆσον, Pl.Criti. 113d, 119d; ἐπὶ μέσου τοῦ τμάματος at the middle point of the segment, Archim.Aequil.1.6; ἁ ἐπὶ μέσαν τὰν βάσιν ἀγομένα (sc. εὐθεῖα) ib.12: sts. following the Noun,ἐν τῇ ἀγορᾷ μέσῃ D.29.12
: less freq. midmost, central, of three or more objects,μ. ὁδός Thgn.220
, 331; ὁ μ. [δάκτυλος] Pl.R. 523c; τὸ μ. στῖφος the central division of the army, X.An.1.8.13; μέσον, τό, centre,ἡ ἐπὶ τὸ μ. φορά Iamb.Protr.21
.b with a Verb, ἔχεται μ. by the middle, by the waist, prov. from the wrestling-ring, Ar.Eq. 387 (lyr.), cf. Ach. 571 (lyr.), Nu. 1047, Ra. 469;μέσην λαβόντα Id.Ach. 274
, cf. Hdt.9.107, D.53.17;ὁ πέπλος ἐρράγη μ. Philippid.25.5
.c c. gen., midway between,ἑνὸς καὶ πλήθους τὸ ὀλίγον μ. Pl.Plt. 303a
(also μ. ἐπ' ἀμφότερα, ibid.):—S. hasμέσος ἀπὸ [τοῦ κρατῆρος] τοῦ τε πέτρου OC 1595
.2 of Time, Hom. only in phrase μέσον ἦμαρ midday, Il.21.111, Od.7.288, Pi.P.9.113;μέσαι νύκτες Sapph.52
, Hdt.4.181, X. An.7.8.12, etc.;θέρευς ἔτι μέσσου ἐόντος Hes.Op. 502
;χειμῶνος μέσου Ar.Fr.569.1
;μ. ἡμέρα Hdn.8.5.9
; μ. ἡλικία middle age, Pl.Ep. 316c: soμέσοι τὴν ἡλικίαν E.Ep.5
; μέσος ἀκμῆς v.l. in Theoc.25.164.3 metaph., impartial, Th.4.83, PLond.1.113(1).27 (vi A.D.).b inter-mediate, freq. c. gen.,μ. τις γέγονα χρηματιστὴς τοῦ τε πάππου καὶ τοῦ πατρός Pl.R. 330b
;ψιλὸν μὲν τὸ π ¯, δασὺ δὲ τὸ φ ¯, μέσον δὲ ἀμφοῖν τὸ β ¯ D.H.Comp.14
(v. infr. d); ἡ τρίτη καὶ μ. τῶν εἰρημένων δυεῖν ἁρμονιῶν ib.24; ὁ μ. χαρακτήρ ib.21; indeterminate, Luc.Par.28; τὰ μ. things indifferent (neither good nor bad), Stoic.3.135, al.; of words such as τύχη, EM626.38; ζῴδια (neither lucky nor unlucky) Vett.Val.93.9;μ. δίαιτα Diocl.Fr.141
, cf.Sor.1.46.c Gramm., of Verbs, middle, Eust. 1846.30, etc.; μ. διάθεσις, σχήματα, A.D.Synt.226.10, 210.18; μ. ἐνεστώς present middle, ib.278.25.d Gramm., of consonants, Lat. mediae, i. e. β ¯ γ ¯ δ ¯, D.T.631.23: but also of semi-vowels, Pl.Phlb. 18c: of accent, ὀξύτητι καὶ βαρύτητι καὶ τῷ μέσῳ, i. e. the circumflex, Arist. Po. 1456b33.II middling, moderate,1 of size, μέσοι ὀφθαλμοί, ὦτα, γλῶττα, Id.HA 492a8,33, b31; μ. μεγέθει ib. 496a21, PPetr.1p.37 (iii B. C.); μ. alone, of middle height, PGrenf.2.23 (a) ii 3 (ii B. C.), POxy. 73.13 (i A. D.), etc.2 of class or quality,πάντων μέσ' ἄριστα Thgn. 335
; (lyr.);μ. ἐν πόλει Phoc.12
; μ. ἀνήρ a man of middle rank, Hdt.1.107;μ. πολίτης Th.6.54
;τὰ μ. τῶν πολιτῶν Id.3.82
(soτῶν ἀνὰ πόλιν τὰ μ. Pi.P.11.52
); οἱ μ., between οἱ εὔποροι and οἱ ἄποροι, Arist.Pol. 1289b31, 1295b3; οἱ μ. πολῖται ib. 1296a19; τὸ μ. ib. 1295b37; μ. [πολιτεία] ib. 1296a7;ὁ μ. βίος Luc.Luct.9
; mediocre, Pl.Prt. 346d; τῶν ἑταιρῶν αἱ μ. Theopomp. Com.21. Adv. μέσως, ἱκανόν fairly adequate, Phld.Rh.2.4S.III μέσον, τό, midst, intervening space, mostly with Preps.,a ἐν μέσσῳ, = ἐν μεταιχμίῳ, Il.3.69,90;ἐν τῷ μ.
in the midst,Ev.Matt.
14.6; ἡ 'ν μέσῳ [μοῖρα] σῴζει πόλεις the middle class, E.Supp. 244: withoutἐν, ἔμβαλε μέσσῳ Il.4.444
;ἔνθορε μέσσῳ 21.233
;μέσσῳ ἀμφοτέρων 3.416
, 7.277;τῶνδέ τ' ἐν μ. πεσεῖν E.Ph. 583
;ἐν μ. λόγους ἔχειν Id.Hel. 630
;μῆκος ἐν μ. χρόνου A.Supp. 735
;χρόνος οὑν μ. E.Ph. 589
(troch.); τὰ ἐν μ. what went between, S.OC 583; οἱ ἐν μ. λόγοι the intervening words, Id.El. 1364, E.Med. 819;κλίνης ἐν μ. Id.Hec. 1150
; ἐν μ. ἡμῶν καὶ βασιλέως between us and him, X.An.2.2.3;σοφίας καὶ ἀμαθίας ἐν μ. Pl.Smp. 203e
; ἐν μ. νυκτῶν at midnight, X.Cyr.5.3.52; ἆθλα κείμεν' ἐν μέσῳ offered for competition (cf. infr. b), D.4.5, cf. Thgn.994, X.An.3.1.21; ἡ τιμὴ ἐν τῷ μέσῳ ἔστω deposited with the court, Herod.2.90: without ἐν, καὶ μέσῳ πάντες καὶ χωρὶς ἕκαστος both collectively and severally, IG12(5).872.27,31,38, al. ([place name] Tenos): in pl.,κεῖτο δ' ἄρ' ἐν μέσσοισι Il.18.507
;ἐν μέσοισ' Xenoph.1.7
; ἐν μέσῳ εἶναι τοῦ συμμεῖξαι to stand in the way of.., X.Cyr.5.2.26; ἡ γὰρ θάλαττα ἐν τῷ μ. is an obstacle, Id.Ath.2.2;οὐδεὶς ἐν μέσσῳ γείτων πέλεν Theoc.21.17
;οὐδὲν ἂν ἦν ἐν μ. πολεμεῖν ἡμᾶς D.23.183
; cf. ἰμέσος.b ἐς μέσον, ἐς μ. ἀμφοτέρων, freq. in Hom. for ἐς μεταίχμιον, Il.4.79, 6.120; ἀνδρὶ δὲ νικηθέντι γυναῖκ' ἐς μέσσον ἔθηκε deposited her as a prize (cf. supr. a), 23.704;ἐς μ. δεικνύναι τινί τι Pi.Fr.42.3
; ἐς μ. ἵεσθαι, ἐλθεῖν, παρελθεῖν, S.Tr. 514 (lyr.), Theoc.22.183, Plu. Agis9;ἐς μέσον ἀμφοτέροισι.. δικάσσατε Il.23.574
; ἐς τὸ μ. φέρειν bring forward publicly, Hdt.4.97, D.18.139;ἐς τὸ μ. λέγεσθαι Hdt. 6.129
; ἐς μ. Πέρσῃσι καταθεῖναι τὰ πρήγματα to give up the power in common to all, Id.3.80; ἐς μ. τὴν ἀρχὴν τιθεὶς ἰσονομίην ὑμῖν προαγορεύω ib. 142.c ἐκ τοῦ μέσου away,ἐκ μ. ἀνελεῖν D.10.36
, 18.294; [χειρόγραφον] ἦρκεν ἐκ τοῦ μ. Ep.Col.2.14
, cf. Arr.Epict.3.3.15; also ἐκ μ. a half,ἔτη ὀκτὼ καὶ ἔνατον ἐκ μ. Th.4.133
; also ἐκ μ. κατῆστο remained in the middle, i. e. neutral (cf.ἐκ 1.6
fin.), Hdt.3.83, cf. 4.118, 8.22,73.d διὰ μέσου between,τὸ διὰ μ. ἔθνος Id.1.104
;διὰ μ. ποιεῖσθαι X.Cyr.6.3.3
; διὰ μ. γενέσθαι intervene, of an event, Th.4.20: c. gen.,διὰ μέσου τῆς πόλεως ῥεῖ ποταμός X. An.1.2.23
; διὰ μ. ῥεῖ τούτων ποταμός ib.1.4.4, etc.;τὸ τούτων διὰ μ. Pl.Lg. 805e
; also οἱ διὰ μέσου the middle party, the moderates, Th. 8.75, X.HG5.4.25; τὸ διὰ μ. the middle class, Arist.Pol. 1296a8; of Time,ὁ διὰ μ. χρόνος Hdt.9.112
; ἡ διὰ μ. ξύμβασις an interim agreement, Th.5.26; διὰ μέσου, as a figure of speech, use of parenthesis, Hdn.Fig.p.95S.e ἀν (ὀν) τὸ μ. in the midst, Alc.18.3, Xenoph.1.11, Thgn.839; ἀνὰ μέσον midway between, Arist.HA 496a22, Antiph. 13, Theoc.22.21, etc.;ἀνὰ μ. τοῦ ναοῦ καὶ τοῦ βωμοῦ GDI2010
(Delph.), cf. PTeb.13.9 (ii B. C.), al.;θρὶξ ἀνὰ μέσσον Theoc.14.9
; ; also ἀνὰ μέσον φέρε, = μετρίως, Men.531.18.f κατὰ μέσσον, = ἐν μέσῳ, Il.5.8, 16.285, etc.: c. gen., κὰδ δὲ μέσον τάφρου καὶ τείχεος ἷζον between, 9.87.2 μέσον, τό, difference, τὸ μ. πρὸς τὰς μεγίστας καὶ ἐλαχίστας the average between.., Th.1.10; πολλὸν τὸ μ., πολὺ τὸ μ., the difference is great, Hdt.1.126, E.Alc. 914 (anap.); τὸ μ. οὐδὲν τῆς ἔχθρης ἐστί there is no middle course for our enmity, Hdt.7.11.3 middle state, mean,τὸ μ. καὶ τὸ εὖ Arist.EN 1109b26
; ποιήματα μέσα, opp. ὀγκώδη, in the (correct) mean, Phld.Po.5.5. Adv. -ως, ἀναστρέφεσθαι Id.Rh.1.155S.
4 in Logic, τὸ μ. the middle term of a syllogism, opp. τὰ ἄκρα, Arist.APr. 66a30; also ὁ μ. (sc. ὅρος) ib. 25b33.5 Math., middle terms in a proportion, Euc.6.16; μέση, or μέση (μέσος) ἀνάλογον a mean proportional (straight line or number), ib.13, 17, 8.11, 12, al.;μέσης εὕρεσις Arist.de An. 413a19
, Metaph. 996b21; μέση medial, a specific kind of irrational (straight line), Euc.10.21, al.; μέσον ὀρθογώνιον ([etym.] χωρίον) medial rectangle (area), ib.24, al.6 Astron., ὁ διὰ μέσων τῶν ζῳδίων κύκλος the ecliptic, Hipparch.1.9.3,4, Gem.2.21, Ptol.Alm.2.7: without κύκλος, Eudox. ap. Arist.Metaph. 1073b20, Hipparch.1.9.12; simply,ὁ διὰ μέσων D.L.7.146
; but, ὁ μέσος [κύκλος] the equator of a rotating sphere, Arist.Metaph. 1073b30.7 μέσα, τά, = μέζεα, Blaes.p.191 K.b = κοιλία 1.3, Herod.Med. ap. Orib.5.27.3, Gal.14.732: sg., Heph.Astr.1.1 (v.l. τὰ μέσα Cat.Cod.Astr.8(2).45).8 Μέσον, τό, one of the law-courts at Athens, Phot., Sch.Ar.V. 120.9 οὐ τοῖς μέσοις τῆς βίας χρωμένη no ordinary force, Hierocl.p.15 A.IV μέση, ἡ, as Subst., v. μέση.V Adv. μέσον, [dialect] Ep. μέσσον, in the middle, Il.12.167, Od.14.300: c. gen., between,οὐρανοῦ μ. χθονός <τε> E.Or. 983
(lyr.), cf. Arr.Epict.2.22.10; in the midst of,μ. τῆς θαλάσσης LXX Ex.14.27
;μ. γενεᾶς σκολιᾶς Ep.Phil.2.15
: also in pl., (lyr.), cf. Nic.Fr.74.26.2 regul. Adv.μέσως, πόλεώς τ' οὐ μ. εὐδαίμονος E.Andr. 873
, cf. Hec. 1113, Isoc.9.23; καὶ μ. even in a moderate degree, even a little, Th.2.60; μ. ἔχειν πρός or περί τι to be in the mean.., Arist.EN 1105b28, 1119a11;θερμότερον ἢ κραυρότερον ἢ μ. ἔχον Eub.7.1
, cf. Sosip. 1.53; μ. βεβιωκέναι in a middle way, i. e. neither well nor ill, Pl.Phd. 113d;μ. μεθύων Men.226
; μ. διατιθέναι in an intermediate way, D.H. Comp.14.b Gramm., in the middle voice, A.D. Synt.276.21.VI irreg. [comp] Comp.μεσαίτερος Pl.Prm. 165b
: [comp] Sup.μεσαίτατος Hdt.4.17
, Arist.Mu. 392b33, Gem.9.3, etc.; poet.μεσσότατος A.R.4.649
, Man. 6.373. (Cf. Skt. mádhyas 'middle', Lat. medius, etc.) -
3 ἀμφιάς
Grammatical information: m.Meaning: name of a mediocre Sicilian wine (Com.); cf. Ath. 31e, SuidasOther forms: Cf. ἀμφής· οἴνου ἄνθος· οἱ δε μελανα οἶνον H.Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]Etymology: - ιας is a suffix used in names of wines. See Baunack Philol. 70, 1911, 356 connection with ἀμφί, -ω?. Fur. 341 connects the gloss, which is quite possible, and also ὄμφαξ `unripe grape' (q.v.), which is possible.Page in Frisk: --Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > ἀμφιάς
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4 μέσος
Grammatical information: adj.Meaning: `(being) in the middle, middle', of space, sime etc., τὸ μέσον `the middle' (Il.). Forms of somp.: μεσαί-τερος, - τατος (IA.; after παλαίτερος a.o.; Schwyzer 632), μέσ(σ)ατος (Il., Ar.; after ἔσχατος etc.), μεσσάτιος (Call.; like ἐσχάτιος), μεσάτιον name of a strap (Poll.; vgl. μέσαβον); μεσσότατος (A. R., Man.).Compounds: Very often as 1. member, e.g. μεσό-δμη, μεσ-ημβρία (s. vv.); also μεσαι-πόλιος `halfgrey, growing grey' (Ν 361; cf. e.g. μεσό-λευκος) like μεσαί-τερος not locatival, but metr. conditioned (Schwyzer 448).Derivatives: Also adjectives, partly stilistically formally enlarged, partly from (τὸ) μέσον: 1. μεσήεις = μέσος (M269; metr. enlargement at verse-end (after τιμήεις, τελήεις?), Risch $56e; see Debrunner Άντίδωρον 28 f. 2. μεσ(σ)ήρης = μέσος (E., Eratosth.; after ποδήρης a. o.). 3. μεσαῖος = μέσος (Antiph.; as τελευταῖος). 4. μεσάδιος `central' (Aeol. acc. to sch. D.T.; after διχθάδιος a. o., cf. also μεσάζω). 5. μεσίδιος `in the middle, equal' (Arist.); μεσίδιον n. `at a mediator deposed property' with - ιόω `make a deposite' (pap., inscr.). -- 6. μεσίτης m. `mediator, arbiter' (Redard 25 f., 260 n. 1) with - ιτεύω 'be a μ., balance', also `pawn' (Plb., pap., NT), - ιτεία `mediation, settlement, pawning' (J., pap.). 7. μέσης m. `wind between ἀπαρκτίας and καικίας' (Arist.; Schwyzer 461, Chantraine Form. 31), also μεσεύς = καικίας (Steph. in Hp.). -- 8. μεσότης, - ητος f. `middle, mediocre, moderation' (Pl., Arist.). -- 9. μεσακόθεν adv. `among, between' (Arcad. IVa), \< - αχόθεν after πανταχόθεν (Thurneysen Glotta 12, 146, Schwyzer 630); not with Bechtel Gött. Nachr. 1920, 244 to Goth. * midjunga in midjun[ga] gards. -- Denomin. verbs: 1. μεσόω `form the middle, be in...' (IA.); 2. μεσεύω `keep the mean, be neutral' (Pl. Lg., X., Arist.); 3. μεσάζω = μεσόω (LXX, D.S.). -- On μεσ(σ)ηγύς s. v.Origin: IE [Indo-European] [706] *medʰi̯o- `middle'Etymology: Old local adj., identical with Skt. mádhya-, Lat. medius, Germ., e.g. Goth. midjis, OHG mitti, IE *médhi̯os `in the middle'. More forms from several other languages in WP. 2, 261, Pok. 706f., W.-Hofmann s. medius, Mayrhofer s. mádhyaḥ, Feist Vgl. Wb. s. midjis, Fraenkel Lit. et. Wb. s. mẽdis, Vasmer Russ. et. Wb. s. mežá. Supposition on the prehistory (adjectiv. of an adverb *médhi?; cf. μετά) also in Schwyzer 461 a. 627.Page in Frisk: 2,214-215Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > μέσος
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5 φλύαρος
φλύαρος, ον (cp. φλύω ‘to babble’; Menand., Perinth. 15 S.; Dionys. Hal., Comp. Verbi 26 of mediocre writers; Plut., Mor. 39a; 169e; 701a; Ps.-Pla., Axioch. 365e; 369a; Ps.-Lucian, Asin. 10; 4 Macc 5:11; Jos., Vi. 150) gossipy 1 Ti 5:13.—Frisk s.v. φλυαρέω; cp. DELG s.v. φλύω. Spicq. -
6 μέτριος
1) mediocre2) medium3) moderate4) passableΕλληνικά-Αγγλικά νέο λεξικό (Greek-English new dictionary) > μέτριος
См. также в других словарях:
médiocre — [ medjɔkr ] adj. et n. • 1495; lat. mediocris, de medius « au milieu » 1 ♦ Vx Moyen. « sept personnes d une taille médiocre » (Buffon). 2 ♦ (XVIe) Qui est au dessous de la moyenne, qui est insuffisant en quantité ou en qualité. ⇒ petit .… … Encyclopédie Universelle
mediocre — MEDIOCRE. adj. de tout genre. Qui est entre le grand & le petit, entre le bon & le mauvais. Une somme mediocre. un cheval de mediocre taille. faire mediocre chere. du vin mediocre. cela n est que mediocre. un esprit mediocre. une beauté mediocre … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
mediocre — me‧di‧o‧cre [ˌmiːdiˈəʊkə◂ ǁ ˈoʊkər◂] adjective not very good: • The business is now riding high, shaking off years of mediocre earnings. • Shares have had a mediocre year. * * * mediocre UK US /ˌmiːdiˈəʊkər/ adjective ► ordinary and not very good … Financial and business terms
mediocre — adjetivo,sustantivo masculino y femenino 1. (antepuesto / pospuesto) Que es mediano, regular o no tiene un particular talento para nada: Llevo una vida mediocre. ¿Qué tiene de malo ser un mediocre? No podemos confiar en un mediocre político.… … Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española
mediocre — (adj.) 1580s, from M.Fr. médiocre (16c.), from L. mediocris of middling height or state, moderate, ordinary, figuratively mediocre, mean, inferior, originally halfway up a mountain, from medius middle (see MEDIAL (Cf. medial) (adj.)) + ocris… … Etymology dictionary
mediocre — me di*o cre (m[=e] d[i^]*[=o] k[ e]r), a. [F. m[ e]diocre, L. mediocris, fr. medius middle. See {Mid}.] Of a middle quality; of but a moderate or low degree of excellence; indifferent; ordinary. A very mediocre poet. Pope. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Mediocre — Me di*o cre, n. 1. A mediocre person; a mediocrity. [R.] [1913 Webster] 2. A young monk who was excused from performing a portion of a monk s duties. Shipley. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
mediocre — /me djɔkre/ [dal lat. mediocris, der. di medius medio ]. ■ agg. 1. (lett., non com.) [che sta nel mezzo, che si trova in una posizione di mezzo: punto m. di un oggetto ] ▶◀ e ◀▶ [➨ medio agg. (1. a)]. 2. a. [che è inferiore alla me … Enciclopedia Italiana
medíocre — adj. 2 g. 1. Mediano; sofrível; meão; insignificante. • s. m. 2. O que é medíocre … Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa
mediocre — [mē΄dē ō′kər, mē′dē ō΄kər] adj. [Fr médiocre < L mediocris < medius, middle (see MID1) + ocris, a peak < IE base * ak̑ , sharp > L acer] 1. neither very good nor very bad; ordinary; average 2. not good enough; inferior … English World dictionary
mediocre — I adjective acceptable, adequate, all right, average, banal, colorless, common, commonplace, decent, everyday, fair, fairish, good enough, inconsequential, indifferent, inferior, inglorious, insignificant, lesser, lifeless, low class, low grade,… … Law dictionary