rĕmĕdĭum — Lewis & Short
rĕmĕdĭum, ii, n.re-medeor,
I that which heals again; a cure, remedy (class. and freq.).
I Lit., a remedy, medicine:
ratio remedi certa,Lucr. 6, 1226:
pantheras, quae in barbariā venenatā carne caperentur, remedium quoddam habere, quo cum essent usae, non morerentur,Cic. N. D. 2, 50, 126:
contrariis remediis sanant,Cels. 3, 9.—With gen.:
remedium est magni et recentis doloris sanguis missus,Cels. 4, 6.—With contra:
contra omnium morsus remedio est gallinaceum cerebrum,Plin. 29, 4, 27, § 88:
fumum ejus contra alia ligna,id. 12, 17, 39, § 78; Aug. Pecc. Merit. 2, 3.— Absol.:
abstinere cibo omni, aut potu, etc.... in praesentissimis remediis habetur,Plin. 28, 4, 14, § 53:
in remedio est,id. 29, 4, 27, § 88:
remedium ad fauces pollicitus,Suet. Ner. 35 fin. et saep.—
B Esp., a charm, amulet, magic preventive:
si qui remedia quartanae vel doloris alterius collo gestaret,Amm. 19, 12, 14.—
II Trop., a means of aid, assistance, or relief; a remedy:
ad magnitudinem frigorum remedium comparare,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 10, § 26; so,
remedia sibi comparare ad tolerandum dolorem,id. Tusc. 5, 26, 74:
remedium quaerere ad moram,id. Clu. 9, 27; cf.:
adversus consulta senatūs et decreta principum vel magistratuum remedium nullum est, nisi, etc.,Quint. 5, 2, 5:
adversus reliqua uti remediis,id. 4, 2, 101:
remedium in ceteros,Tac. H. 1, 20 fin.:
illius tanti vulneris,Cic. Fam. 5, 15, 1:
aegritudinum,Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 28:
miseriarum,id. Ad. 3, 1, 7:
iracundiae,id. Phorm. 1, 4, 8:
infirmae memoriae,Quint. 11, 2, 49:
hujus metūs,id. 1, 2, 6:
ubertatis,id. 2, 4, 6:
cum hoc unum his tot in commodis remedium esse arbitrarer,Cic. Div. in Caecil. 3, 9: quibus rebus nostri haec reperiebant remedia, ut, etc., Caes B. C. 3, 50; cf.:
veneficiis remedia invenire,Cic. Phil. 13, 11, 25:
quod remedium huic malo inveniam?Ter. And. 3, 1, 10; id. Phorm, 1, 4, 23;
4, 3, 11: acrioribus saluti suae remediis subvenire,Cic. Clu. 24, 67:
id remedium timori fuit,Liv. 3, 3, 5:
cum utrumque ipsi pro remedio aegris rebus discordiā intestinā petissent,id. 9, 20, 5:
hinc ira et questus, et postquam non subinveniebat (Olennius) remedium ex bello,Tac. A. 4, 72.