Mediolanum

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Mediolānum, of uncertain Gaulish origin. Doublet of Milan.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌmeɪdiəʊˈlɑːnəm/, /ˌmɛdiəʊˈlɑːnəm/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌmeɪdioʊˈlɑnəm/, /ˌmɛdioʊˈlɑnəm/
  • enPR: mā'dēōläʹnəm, med'ēōläʹnəm

Proper noun

Mediolanum

  1. (historical) The city of Milan in the era of Ancient Rome.

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly from Gaulish *medyos (“middle, central”, from Proto-Celtic *medyos) + *lānom (“plain, field”), therefore meaning “in the middle of a plain”.[1][2]

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Mediolānum n sg (genitive Mediolānī); second declension[3][4][5]

  1. Milan (a city in modern Italy)
  2. Mediolanum Santonum, modern Saintes, Charente-Maritime (city in modern France)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Mediolānum
Genitive Mediolānī
Dative Mediolānō
Accusative Mediolānum
Ablative Mediolānō
Vocative Mediolānum
Locative Mediolānī

Descendants
Descendants (incomplete list)

References
  1. Fortson, Benjamin W. (2004, 2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, Oxford: Blackwell, § From PIE to Celtic
  2. Delamarre, Xavier (2003) Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page mediolanon of 221-222
  3. “Mediolanum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  4. Mediolanum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  5. “Mediolanum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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