medeor
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *medēōr, from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure, give advice, 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) IPA(key): /ˈme.de.or/, [ˈmɛd̪eɔr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈme.de.or/, [ˈmɛːd̪eor]
Verb
medeor (present infinitive medērī); second conjugation, deponent, no perfect or supine stem
- (with dative case) I heal, cure, remedy, am good for or against a disease.
- (figuratively) I 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
References
- “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
- to relieve a difficulty: incommodis mederi