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meditullium

meditullium · n

the middle

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Where it lives

Topica 1 · 1.46/10k
Metamorphoses 5 · 0.94/10k
De Anima 1 · 0.42/10k
Res Gestae 2 · 0.16/10k

What it meant

mĕdĭtullĭum — Lewis & Short

mĕdĭtullĭum, ii, n.medius and tollus, old form of tellus, q. v.,

I the middle (ante- and post-class.): in finitimo, legitimo, aeditimo non plus inesse timum, quam in meditullio, tullium, Serv. ap. Cic. Top. 8, 36: in ipso meditullio scenae, App. M. 10, p. 254, 30: medio luci meditullio, id. ib. 5, p. 159: indifferentia ... nec bona nec mala sed velut in meditullio posita, Sen. ap. Hier. adv. Jovin. 1, p. 191 (Fragm. 45 Haas); Hier. Gal. 5, 19 sqq.; Jul. Val. Rer. Gest. Alex. 1, 32: virtutes in meditullio quodam virtutum sunt sitae, App. Dogm. Plat. 2, p. 15.

In the wild

meditullio Apuleius, Metamorphoses 5.1
meditullio Apuleius, Metamorphoses 10.32
meditullio Apuleius, Metamorphoses 11.24
meditullio Apuleius, Metamorphoses 3.27
meditullio Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 18.9.2
meditullio Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 22.8.6

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Where it came from

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