English

Proper noun

Mediolanum

1. The city of Milan in the era of Ancient Rome.

Latin

Alternative forms

• Mediōlānium

Etymology

Possibly of Gaulish origin: *medios ‎(“middle”) + *lanu ‎(“plain”). Compare Old Welsh llan.

Proper noun

Mediōlānum n ‎(genitive Mediōlānī); second declension

1. Milan (city in modern Italy)
2. Mediolanum Santonum, modern Saintes, Charente-Maritime (city in modern France)

Declension

Second declension.

Descendants

• English: Milan
• Italian: Milano

References

• Mediolanum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Mediolanum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Mediolanum in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly