mĕdĭco — Lewis & Short
mĕdĭco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.1. medicus,
I to heal, cure (poet. and in post-Aug. prose for the class. medeor).
I Lit.
(a) With acc.:
ego istum lepide medicabo metum,Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 40:
(apes) odore galbani,Col. 9, 13, 7:
vulneris aestus,Sil. 6, 98:
furores,Nemes. Ecl. 2, 28.—
(b) With dat.:
tremulis membris,Ser. Samm. 48, 902.—
II Transf.
A To impart the virtue of a remedy, give healing power to:
hoc fusum labris splendentibus amnem Inficit, occulte medicans,Verg. A. 12, 418.—
B To besprinkle with the juice of herbs, to medicate:
semina,to steep, Verg. G. 1, 193:
semina omnia suco herbae quae sedum appellatur, medicare,Col. 11, 30, 40:
exigua portione medicatur aqua,id. 6, 4, 4; 9, 13, 3:
vinum medicatum,i. e. spurious, adulterated, id. 1, 6, 20:
merum,Front. 2, 5, 12:
ficus,Plin. 16, 27, 51, § 118.
C To color, dye, with tingere:
capillos,Ov. Am. 1, 14, 6.—Hence, mĕdĭcātus, a, um, P. a.
1 Besprinkled with juices, sprinkled, medicated (poet. and post-Aug.):
semina suco herbae sedi,Col. 1, 3:
sedes,places sprinkled with the juice of herbs, Verg. G. 4, 65: somnus, produced by a juice or a charm, Ov. H. 12, 107:
fruges,Verg. A. 6, 420:
lana medicata fuco,stained, dyed, Hor. C. 3, 5, 28:
Amyclaeis medicatum vellus ahenis,Ov. R. Am. 707.—To poison:
boletum medicatum,i. e. poisoned, Suet. Claud. 44:
herbae,Col. 11, 3, 64; cf.:
medicata veneno tela,Sil. 7, 453:
medicatae cuspidis ictus,id. 13, 197:
mortui,embalmed, Mel. 1, 57.—
2 Useful or good for healing, medicinal:
aquae medicatae,Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 9:
sapor aquae,Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 4:
fontes,Cels. 4, 5; Sen. Prov. 2, 1; Plin. 2, 93, 95, § 207:
potio,Curt. 3, 6, 2:
inguen,Juv. 12, 36.—Comp.:
lac bubulum medicatius,Plin. 28, 9, 33, § 124.—Sup.:
res medicatissimae,Plin. 28, 7, 23, § 78.