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Latin
Etymology
From re- + medeor (“heal”) + -ium.
Pronunciation
Noun
remedium n (genitive remediī or remedī); second declension
- remedy, cure
- medicine
Augustō aegrō, remedium invenīre cōnābor.- With Augustus being sick, I will try to find medicine.
- aid, assistance
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
References
- “remedium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “remedium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- remedium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- remedium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin remedium.
Noun
remedium n (definite singular remediet, indefinite plural remedier, definite plural remedia or remediene)
- (dated) a remedy
Alternative forms
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin remedium.
Noun
remedium n (definite singular remediet, indefinite plural remedium, definite plural remedia)
- (dated) a remedy
Alternative forms
References
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin remedium.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rɛˈmɛ.djum/
- Rhymes: -ɛdjum
- Syllabification: re‧me‧dium
Noun
remedium n
- (medicine) medicine
- Synonym: lekarstwo
- remedy, cure (something that corrects or counteracts)
Declension
Further reading
- remedium in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- remedium in Polish dictionaries at PWN