mediocris

[ mee-dee-oh-kris ]

adjective

, Meteorology.

1. (of a cumulus cloud) of medium height and often lacking a distinctive summit.

Word History and Origins

Origin of mediocris¹

< New Latin: mediocre

Example Sentences

Haud mediocris vir fuit, qui modica libertate populo data facilius tenuit auctoritatem principum.

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When ari,u is added to the root of any verb it attaches a middling (mediocris) degree of honor; e.g., modori ar ca?

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Elijah Fenton, vir probus, et poeta haud mediocris, decessit men.

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