intermedius

Latin

Etymology

From inter + medius (“in the middle”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪn.tɛrˈmɛ.di.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [in.terˈmɛː.di.us]

Adjective

intermedius (feminine intermedia, neuter intermedium); first/second-declension adjective

1. intermediate; which is between

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	intermedius	intermedia	intermedium		intermediī	intermediae	intermedia
genitive	intermediī	intermediae	intermediī		intermediōrum	intermediārum	intermediōrum
dative	intermediō	intermediae	intermediō		intermediīs
accusative	intermedium	intermediam	intermedium		intermediōs	intermediās	intermedia
ablative	intermediō	intermediā	intermediō		intermediīs
vocative	intermedie	intermedia	intermedium		intermediī	intermediae	intermedia

Descendants

• Catalan: intermedi
• → English: intermedium
• French: intermède
  • → English: intermede
• Italian: intermedio, intermezzare, intermezzo
• Portuguese: intermédio
• Romanian: intermediu
• Spanish: intermedio

References

• “intermedius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “intermedius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.