medietyn.

Brit.

/mᵻˈdʌɪᵻti/, U.S.

/məˈdaɪᵻdi/

Forms: late Middle English medietee, 1500s medietye, 1500s–1600s medietie, 1500s–1600s 1800s– mediety.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin medietāt-, medietās.

Etymology: < classical Latin medietāt-, medietās middle point or part (Cicero: see note), intermediate state (2nd cent. a.d.), half (2nd or 3rd cent. a.d.), in post-classical Latin also in mathematical sense (late 4th or early 5th cent.) and in legal sense (frequently from 11th cent. in British sources) < classical Latin medius middle (see medium adj.) + -etās (see -ty suffix¹). With sense 4 compare Middle French médiété (1556). Classical Latin medietās also > Old French moitié moiety n. Compare jury de medietate n. at jury n. 2e, medietas linguae n.Classical Latin medietās was apparently coined by Cicero, on the model of the correspondence between societās and socius, to render ancient Greek μεσότης ‘middle’ in Plato.

†a. gen. A half. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > division into two > [noun] > division into two equal parts > a half

halfc950

halfendealc1000

half-part1398

half-deal1399

mediety?1440

moiety1444

demi1501

demi-parcela1592

single1592

second1594

tally1647

'arf1854

half-value1903

tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) xi. 288 (MED) The muste, decoct to his medietee [L. medietatem] Or thridde part, they casteth to their wyne.

?a1560 L. Digges Geom. Pract.: Pantometria (1571) ii. iv. sig. M ij ^v 140, whose medietie being 70, diuided by 14, yeldeth 5.

1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke v. xxiv. 265 The common measure or quantitie thereof [sc. of the dose of arsenic], is the medietie of one graine of wheate.

1603 C. Heydon Def. Iudiciall Astrol. xxi. 449 The medietie of the Moones globe was allwaies illustrated which is towardes the sunne.

1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica i. xvi. 106 Let us consider the Occidental Mediety of Heaven.

b. Law. Either of two parts into which something (esp. an ecclesiastical benefice) is divided, a moiety. Now chiefly historical.

ΚΠ

1605 W. Willymat Physicke Ep. Ded. sig. A3^v I your Honours poore incumbent of the medietie of the Rectorie of Ruskington.

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Warw. 126 That good Mannour, (with the alternate gift of the Mediety of the rich Parsonage therein).

1834 R. Southey Doctor II. 89 A rectory of two medieties, served by two resident rectors.

1877 J. C. Cox Notes on Churches of Derbyshire III. 212 Sir Henry Chandos succeeded to the mediety of the Mugginton manor.

1894 A. Jessopp Random Roaming 186 This benefice consists of two medieties.

1919 Amer. Hist. Rev. 24 577 There are instances in which the presentation was to a mediety, that is to say, to a part of the parish, in which case the other mediety might or might not be in the gift of the monastery.

1944 Speculum 19 332 I believe the following schedule of his [sc. Andrew Holes'] livings is complete;..Sinecures:..Mediety of Malpas, 1431 till death.

†2. An intermediate state, position, or quality. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > condition of being mean or average > [noun] > mean

middlingOE

middlelOE

meanc1450

neutralityc1475

moyen1484

temper?1523

mediety1573

medium1593

temperature1598

temperament1604

intermedial1605

median1635

intermediate1650

average1737

middle term1754

mesne1821

intermediacy1836

intermediary1865

1573 G. Harvey Schollers Loove in Let.-bk. (1884) 135 A very compounde of contrarietyes In thinges indifferent and medietyes.

1592 H. Wotton Let. 8 May in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1685) 661 The Pope means..to carry himself as it were in a Mediety between the King of Spain, and the great Duke.

1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God ix. xiii. 351 In seeking a mediety betweene immortality, blessed and mortality wretched.

1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ vi. xiv. 26 This Caball..was reveal'd..to Solomon in a dream, wherby he came to know the beginning, mediety, and consumation of times.

1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs §183 It ought to consist in a mediety, betwixt corrupt and very sound bloud.

†3. Moderation. Cf. mean n.³ Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > restrained or moderate behaviour > [noun]

i-metOE

hovec1175

metc1175

methec1175

measurec1225

measure?c1225

temperancea1340

methefulnessc1350

temperurec1380

mannera1382

mannernessa1382

sobernessc1384

attemperancec1386

measurablenessa1400

amesingc1400

meanheada1425

mediocrity?a1425

moderation?a1425

moderancea1460

temperancy1526

mean1531

modesty1531

temperature1536

measure-keeping1556

moderateness1571

moderature1574

sobriety1582

mediety1583

moderacy1601

temperateness1609

reserve1660

medium1693

soft pedal1899

met1932

1583 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses sig. Ii (margin) Medietie to be obserued in meats.

4. Mathematics. = mean n.³ 10; (formerly also) †the quality of being a mean (obsolete). Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic or algebraic operations > [noun] > mean

meanc1450

medium1573

mediety1598

mediocrity1726

arithmetical mean1798

arithmetic mean1866

root-mean-square1895

mid-range1902

1598 I. D. tr. L. Le Roy Aristotles Politiques v. 250 Similitude or likenesse of proportions, and equality, and mediety.

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1255 Three sorts of primitive Medieties there be,..to wit, Arithmeticall, Geometricall, and Harmonicall.

1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 376 The Tetrad is an Arithmetical Mediety, betwixt the Monad and the Hebdomad.

1694 W. Holder Treat. Harmony iv. 62 Now in 4 to 2, the Mediety is 3.

1694 W. Holder Treat. Harmony vii. 168 These two divide Diapason, 64 to 32, by the Mediety of 45; And they divide it so near to Equality, that in Practice, they are hardly to be distinguished.

1952 G. Sarton Hist. Sci. I. x. 283 Hippasos suggested that the name harmonic be given to the third [mean],..and he defined three other medieties (means).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mediety
释义	medietyn. Brit. /mᵻˈdʌɪᵻti/, U.S. /məˈdaɪᵻdi/ Forms: late Middle English medietee, 1500s medietye, 1500s–1600s medietie, 1500s–1600s 1800s– mediety. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin medietāt-, medietās. Etymology: < classical Latin medietāt-, medietās middle point or part (Cicero: see note), intermediate state (2nd cent. a.d.), half (2nd or 3rd cent. a.d.), in post-classical Latin also in mathematical sense (late 4th or early 5th cent.) and in legal sense (frequently from 11th cent. in British sources) < classical Latin medius middle (see medium adj.) + -etās (see -ty suffix¹). With sense 4 compare Middle French médiété (1556). Classical Latin medietās also > Old French moitié moiety n. Compare jury de medietate n. at jury n. 2e, medietas linguae n.Classical Latin medietās was apparently coined by Cicero, on the model of the correspondence between societās and socius, to render ancient Greek μεσότης ‘middle’ in Plato. 1. †a. gen. A half. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > division into two > [noun] > division into two equal parts > a half halfc950 halfendealc1000 half-part1398 half-deal1399 mediety?1440 moiety1444 demi1501 demi-parcela1592 single1592 second1594 tally1647 'arf1854 half-value1903 tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) xi. 288 (MED) The muste, decoct to his medietee [L. medietatem] Or thridde part, they casteth to their wyne. ?a1560 L. Digges Geom. Pract.: Pantometria (1571) ii. iv. sig. M ij ^v 140, whose medietie being 70, diuided by 14, yeldeth 5. 1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke v. xxiv. 265 The common measure or quantitie thereof [sc. of the dose of arsenic], is the medietie of one graine of wheate. 1603 C. Heydon Def. Iudiciall Astrol. xxi. 449 The medietie of the Moones globe was allwaies illustrated which is towardes the sunne. 1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica i. xvi. 106 Let us consider the Occidental Mediety of Heaven. b. Law. Either of two parts into which something (esp. an ecclesiastical benefice) is divided, a moiety. Now chiefly historical. ΚΠ 1605 W. Willymat Physicke Ep. Ded. sig. A3^v I your Honours poore incumbent of the medietie of the Rectorie of Ruskington. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Warw. 126 That good Mannour, (with the alternate gift of the Mediety of the rich Parsonage therein). 1834 R. Southey Doctor II. 89 A rectory of two medieties, served by two resident rectors. 1877 J. C. Cox Notes on Churches of Derbyshire III. 212 Sir Henry Chandos succeeded to the mediety of the Mugginton manor. 1894 A. Jessopp Random Roaming 186 This benefice consists of two medieties. 1919 Amer. Hist. Rev. 24 577 There are instances in which the presentation was to a mediety, that is to say, to a part of the parish, in which case the other mediety might or might not be in the gift of the monastery. 1944 Speculum 19 332 I believe the following schedule of his [sc. Andrew Holes'] livings is complete;..Sinecures:..Mediety of Malpas, 1431 till death. †2. An intermediate state, position, or quality. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > condition of being mean or average > [noun] > mean middlingOE middlelOE meanc1450 neutralityc1475 moyen1484 temper?1523 mediety1573 medium1593 temperature1598 temperament1604 intermedial1605 median1635 intermediate1650 average1737 middle term1754 mesne1821 intermediacy1836 intermediary1865 1573 G. Harvey Schollers Loove in Let.-bk. (1884) 135 A very compounde of contrarietyes In thinges indifferent and medietyes. 1592 H. Wotton Let. 8 May in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1685) 661 The Pope means..to carry himself as it were in a Mediety between the King of Spain, and the great Duke. 1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God ix. xiii. 351 In seeking a mediety betweene immortality, blessed and mortality wretched. 1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ vi. xiv. 26 This Caball..was reveal'd..to Solomon in a dream, wherby he came to know the beginning, mediety, and consumation of times. 1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs §183 It ought to consist in a mediety, betwixt corrupt and very sound bloud. †3. Moderation. Cf. mean n.³ Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > restrained or moderate behaviour > [noun] i-metOE hovec1175 metc1175 methec1175 measurec1225 measure?c1225 temperancea1340 methefulnessc1350 temperurec1380 mannera1382 mannernessa1382 sobernessc1384 attemperancec1386 measurablenessa1400 amesingc1400 meanheada1425 mediocrity?a1425 moderation?a1425 moderancea1460 temperancy1526 mean1531 modesty1531 temperature1536 measure-keeping1556 moderateness1571 moderature1574 sobriety1582 mediety1583 moderacy1601 temperateness1609 reserve1660 medium1693 soft pedal1899 met1932 1583 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses sig. Ii (margin) Medietie to be obserued in meats. 4. Mathematics. = mean n.³ 10; (formerly also) †the quality of being a mean (obsolete). Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic or algebraic operations > [noun] > mean meanc1450 medium1573 mediety1598 mediocrity1726 arithmetical mean1798 arithmetic mean1866 root-mean-square1895 mid-range1902 1598 I. D. tr. L. Le Roy Aristotles Politiques v. 250 Similitude or likenesse of proportions, and equality, and mediety. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1255 Three sorts of primitive Medieties there be,..to wit, Arithmeticall, Geometricall, and Harmonicall. 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 376 The Tetrad is an Arithmetical Mediety, betwixt the Monad and the Hebdomad. 1694 W. Holder Treat. Harmony iv. 62 Now in 4 to 2, the Mediety is 3. 1694 W. Holder Treat. Harmony vii. 168 These two divide Diapason, 64 to 32, by the Mediety of 45; And they divide it so near to Equality, that in Practice, they are hardly to be distinguished. 1952 G. Sarton Hist. Sci. I. x. 283 Hippasos suggested that the name harmonic be given to the third [mean],..and he defined three other medieties (means). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?1440
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