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Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to give advice, heal”). Compare Latin medeor (“to heal, cure”), Avestan 𐬬𐬍-𐬨𐬀𐬛- (vī-mad-), Old Persian (azdā), Old Armenian միտ (mit), Old Irish midiur, Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌸𐍃 (mitaþs), Ancient Greek μέδομαι (médomai), German Maut.
Pronunciation
Noun
meddix m (genitive meddicis); third declension
- the title of a magistrate among the Oscans
Declension
Third-declension noun.
References
- “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.