middle (adj.) Copy link • middle (adj.): mĕdius: of m. age, m. aetatis, Phaedr. 2, 2, 3: the m. portion of a line, versus m. pars, Cic. de Or. 3, 50, init.: v. foll. artt. Phr.: to pursue a m. course, temperamentum tenere, Plin. Ep. 1, 7, 3: comp. medium ferire, Cic. Fat. 17, 39: the m. classes, perh. qui tenuioris ordinis sunt, cf. Cic. Leg. 3, 13, 30; or simply, tenuiores, ib. 10, 24: cf. id. Mur. 34, init.: or, modici homines (cf. Tac. A. 1, 73, modici equites). See also middling, intermediate.