mediastinus

Latin

Alternative forms

• mediastrīnus

Etymology

Perhaps a substantive form of an adjective *mediast(r)īnus (“menial”), from medius +‎ -aster +‎ -inus (assuming the form with -r- is the older form).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /me.di.asˈtiː.nus/, [mɛd̪iäs̠ˈt̪iːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /me.di.asˈti.nus/, [med̪iäsˈt̪iːnus]

Noun

mediastīnus m (genitive mediastīnī); second declension

1. common servant employed on general duties, drudge, menial worker

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mediastīnus	mediastīnī
Genitive	mediastīnī	mediastīnōrum
Dative	mediastīnō	mediastīnīs
Accusative	mediastīnum	mediastīnōs
Ablative	mediastīnō	mediastīnīs
Vocative	mediastīne	mediastīnī

References

• “mediastinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “mediastinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• mediastinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.