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medeor

to heal, cure

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Where it lives

Epicedion in Patrem 1 · 26.39/10k
Griphus Ternarii numeri 2 · 18.69/10k
Pelopidas 1 · 14.04/10k
De Paenitentia 4 · 9.82/10k
Naturalis Historia 353 · 8.9/10k
Divus Titus 1 · 6.72/10k
Parentalia 1 · 3.85/10k
De Constantia 2 · 3.78/10k
Pro M. Marcello 1 · 3.61/10k
De Consolatione ad Polybium 2 · 3.53/10k
Quomodo Trinitas Unus Deus Ac Non Tres Dii (De Trinitate) 1 · 3.44/10k
de consulatu Stilichonis 2 · 2.64/10k

Densest 12 of 85 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. medeor — de Vaan

medeor 'to heal, cure' [v. II] (Cato+) Derivatives: medicus 'doctor' (P1.+), medicare 'to cure, heaP, medicari 'to cure' (P1.+), medicina 'surgery, remedy, healing' (P1.+), mediclnus 'of healing' (Varro*), — [de Vaan, s.v. medeor, p. 382]

2. mĕdĕor — Lewis & Short

mĕdĕor, 2,

I v. dep. n. [root madh, to be wise; Zend, madha, the healing art; cf. ma/qos, also medicus, re-med-ium], to heal, cure, be good for or against a disease (syn.: medico, sano, curo); constr. with dat., rarely with contra, very rarely with acc. (class.).

I Lit.

A Of pers. subjects: medico non solum morbus ejus, cui mederi volet, cognoscendus est, Cic. de Or. 2, 44, 186.—Prov.: cum capiti mederi debeam, reduviam curo, i. e. to neglect matters of importance while attending to trifles, Cic. Rosc. Am. 44, 128.—

B Of subjects not personal: contra serpentium ictus mederi, Plin. 9, 31, 51, § 99: oculis herba chelidonia, id. 8, 27, 41, § 98: dolori dentium, id. 20, 1, 2, § 4: capitis vulneribus, id. 24, 6, 22, § 36: medendi ars, the healing art, art of medicine, Ov. A. A. 2, 735; id. M. 7, 526; Lact. 1, 18 fin.—Pass.: ut ex vino stomachi dolor medeatur, Hier. Ep. 22, 4; cf.: medendae valetudini leniendisque morbis opem adhibere, Suet. Vesp. 8.—

II Trop., to remedy, relieve, amend, correct, restore, etc.

(a) With dat.: huic malo, Cic. Agr. 1, 9, 26: dies stultis quoque mederi solet, id. Fam. 7, 28, 3: incommodis omnium, id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 10: afflictae et perditae rei publicae, id. Sest. 13, 31: religioni, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 51, § 114: inopiae rei frumentariae, Caes. B. G. 5, 24: tum satietati, tum ignorantiae lectorum, to provide against, Nep. Pelop. 1, 1: rei alicui lege aut decreto senatus, Tac. A. 4, 16.—

(b) With acc.: quas (cupiditates) mederi possis, Ter. Phorm. 5, 4, 2; Just. Inst. 2, 7.—Pass.: aquae medendis corporibus nobiles, Vell. 2, 25, 4.—Absol.: aegrescit medendo, his disorder increases with the remedy, Verg. A. 12, 46.—Impers. pass.: ut huic vitio medeatur, Vitr. 6, 11.—Hence, mĕdens, entis (gen. plur. medentum, Ov. M. 15, 629), subst., a physician (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): veluti pueris absinthia tetra medentes cum dare conantur, Lucr. 1, 936; Ov. H. 21, 14: Democrates e primis medentium, Plin. 25, 8, 49, § 87; Plin. Pan. 22.

3. medeor — Walde–Hofmann

medeor, -eri „heile“ (mit Dat. und Akk. [nach sáno?, Schmalz* 377, anders Havers KZ. 45, 371£]); übtr. „helfe ab, komme zu Hilfe“ (seit Plaut., rom., ebenso medicus, -3 m. „Arzt“ seit Plt. [zur Bldg. s. unten; medica f. „Ärztin® seit Ápul, Wackernagel Synt. II 11]; aus medicus entl. alb. mjek, Jokl L.-k. U. 212, medico, -äre und medicor, -àri [De verb. dep. 41] „heile“ seit Pit. (medicatió seit Colum., -äfus, -üs … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. medeor, p. 960]

In the wild

medeatur Celsus, De Medicina 3.2.p2
medentur Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 30.6.p2
medetur Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 26.7.p6
medetur Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 32.10.p15
mederi Seneca, De Consolatione ad Polybium 11.13.1
medentem Seneca, De Constantia 2.13.2

6 of 567 attestations shown.

Where it came from

de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. medeor (scan p. 382; entry #1014).
Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. medeor (scan p. 416; entry #6661).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. medeor (scan pp. 960-961; entry #1727). Root candidates: *med-.

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