medico

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See also: médico, medicó, medicò, and medico-

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

medico (plural medicos)

  1. (informal) A physician or medical doctor; sometimes also a medical student.
    • 1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter XV,
      She had travelled with her father as far as the Springs, and both of them were in utter ignorance of the fate which had overtaken the young medico during the journey.
    • 1929 April 8, Time:
      He has been an Army medico since the Spanish War, active student of X-ray leprosy treatments and degassing processes.
    • 2009 January 22, Christian Nicolussi, Ben Dorries, “Clark, Symonds and Jaques ready to test injuries”, in Herald Sun, archived from the original on 22 January 2009:
      "I haven't got the final clearance from the medicos but that's the plan."

Galician

Verb

medico

  1. first-person singular present indicative of medicar

Italian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin medicus. Compare Neapolitan miedeco.

Adjective

medico (feminine medica, masculine plural medici, feminine plural mediche)

  1. medical

Noun

medico m (plural medici)

  1. (medicine) doctor, physician
    Synonym: dottore
Derived terms
Related terms

See also

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

medico

  1. first-person singular present indicative of medicare

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From medicus (medical).

Alternative forms

Verb

medicō (present infinitive medicāre, perfect active medicāvī, supine medicātum); first conjugation

  1. (transitive) to heal, cure
  2. (transitive) to give healing power to
  3. (transitive) to medicate
  4. (transitive) to dye with color
Usage notes

The passive is sometimes used with active meaning; see medicor.

Conjugation
   Conjugation of medicō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present medicō medicās medicat medicāmus medicātis medicant
imperfect medicābam medicābās medicābat medicābāmus medicābātis medicābant
future medicābō medicābis medicābit medicābimus medicābitis medicābunt
perfect medicāvī medicāvistī medicāvit medicāvimus medicāvistis medicāvērunt,
medicāvēre
pluperfect medicāveram medicāverās medicāverat medicāverāmus medicāverātis medicāverant
future perfect medicāverō medicāveris medicāverit medicāverimus medicāveritis medicāverint
passive present medicor medicāris,
medicāre
medicātur medicāmur medicāminī medicantur
imperfect medicābar medicābāris,
medicābāre
medicābātur medicābāmur medicābāminī medicābantur
future medicābor medicāberis,
medicābere
medicābitur medicābimur medicābiminī medicābuntur
perfect medicātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect medicātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect medicātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present medicem medicēs medicet medicēmus medicētis medicent
imperfect medicārem medicārēs medicāret medicārēmus medicārētis medicārent
perfect medicāverim medicāverīs medicāverit medicāverīmus medicāverītis medicāverint
pluperfect medicāvissem medicāvissēs medicāvisset medicāvissēmus medicāvissētis medicāvissent
passive present medicer medicēris,
medicēre
medicētur medicēmur medicēminī medicentur
imperfect medicārer medicārēris,
medicārēre
medicārētur medicārēmur medicārēminī medicārentur
perfect medicātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect medicātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present medicā medicāte
future medicātō medicātō medicātōte medicantō
passive present medicāre medicāminī
future medicātor medicātor medicantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives medicāre medicāvisse medicātūrum esse medicārī medicātum esse medicātum īrī
participles medicāns medicātūrus medicātus medicandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
medicandī medicandō medicandum medicandō medicātum medicātū
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

Noun

medicō

  1. dative/ablative singular of medicus

References

  • medico”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • medico”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • medico in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Verb

medico

  1. first-person singular present indicative of medicar

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /meˈdiko/
  • Rhymes: -iko
  • Syllabification: me‧di‧co

Verb

medico

  1. first-person singular present indicative of medicar