Mediócritas, pen. cor. tatis, f. g. Cic.A meane: a measure: mediocritie.Aurea mediocritas. Hor. Measure in things, a golden treasure.In vestitu mediocritas optima est.Cic.Mediocritas in electione loci maximè probatur. Col. Mediócritas ingenij.Cic.A meane witte.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
mĕdĭōcrĭtas, ātis, f. [mediocris]. I.A middle state, a medium, mean; moderateness, moderation (class.): mediocritatem illam tenere, quae est inter nimium et parum, Cic. Off. 1, 25, 89; 1, 39, 140: in dicendo,
mediocrity
, id. de Or. 1, 25, 117: dicendi, id. Brut. 66, 235: vultus, i. e.
a medium between excessive gayety and over-seriousness
, Auct. Her. 3, 15, 26: auream quisquis mediocritatem Diligit, Hor. C. 2, 10, 5. —Of style: cum omnis virtus sit mediocritas, Cic. Brut. 40, 149: mediocritatis (exemplum esse) Terentium, Varr. ap. Gell. 6, 14, 6.—In plur.: mediocritates illi probabant,
moderate passions
, Cic. Ac. 2, 44, 135: mediocritates vel perturbationum vel morborum animi, id. Tusc. 3, 10, 22.—II.Meanness, insignificance, littleness, inferiority (rare but class.): hominum, Vell. 2, 130, 3: quod meae mediocritati conveniret,