meddix

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *med- (to give advice, heal). Compare Latin medeor (to heal, cure), Avestan 𐬬𐬍-𐬨𐬀𐬛- (vī-mad-), Old Persian [script needed] (azdā), Old Armenian միտ (mit), Old Irish midiur, Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌸𐍃 (mitaþs), Ancient Greek μέδομαι (médomai), German Maut.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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meddix m (genitive meddicis); third declension

  1. the title of a magistrate among the Oscans

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative meddix meddicēs
Genitive meddicis meddicum
Dative meddicī meddicibus
Accusative meddicem meddicēs
Ablative meddice meddicibus
Vocative meddix meddicēs

References

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  • meddix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • meddix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.