medeor

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *medēōr, from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure, give advice, heal”), with semantic shift "measure" > "distribute (a cure)" > "heal". Compare 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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈme.de.or/, [ˈmɛd̪eɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈme.de.or/, [ˈmɛːd̪eor]

Verb

medeor (present infinitive medērī); second conjugation, deponent, no perfect or supine stem

1. (with dative case) to heal, cure, remedy, be good for or against a disease

   Synonym: sānō

2. (figuratively) to amend, correct, relieve

   Synonyms: corrigō, reficiō, reparō, ēmendō

Conjugation

• Second conjugation, but with no perfect conjugation or future participle and infinitive.

   Conjugation of medeor (second conjugation, no supine stem, deponent, no perfect stem)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	medeor	medēris, medēre	medētur	medēmur	medēminī	medentur
	imperfect	medēbar	medēbāris, medēbāre	medēbātur	medēbāmur	medēbāminī	medēbantur
	future	medēbor	medēberis, medēbere	medēbitur	medēbimur	medēbiminī	medēbuntur
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	medear	medeāris, medeāre	medeātur	medeāmur	medeāminī	medeantur
imperfect	medērer	medērēris, medērēre	medērētur	medērēmur	medērēminī	medērentur
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	medēre	—	—	medēminī	—
	future	—	medētor	medētor	—	—	medentor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		medērī	—	—	—	—	—
participles		medēns	—	—	—	—	medendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		medendī	medendō	medendum	medendō	—	—

Derived terms

• medella
• medicus
• meditor
• remedium

Related terms

• medica
• medicābilis
• medicābulum
• medicāmen
• medicāmentārius
• medicāmentōsus
• medicāmentum
• medicātiō
• medicātor
• medicātus
• medicīna
• medicīnālis
• medicīnus
• medicō
• medicor
• medicōsus

 

Further reading

• “medeor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “medeor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• medeor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to relieve a difficulty: incommodis mederi