medeor

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *medēōr, from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure, give advice, heal”), with semantic shift "measure" > "distribute (a cure)" > "heal".[1] Compare 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

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

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “medeor”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 368

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, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to relieve a difficulty: incommodis mederi
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