medeor
Latin edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈme.de.or/, [ˈmɛd̪eɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈme.de.or/, [ˈmɛːd̪eor]
Verb edit
medeor (present infinitive medērī); second conjugation, deponent, no perfect or supine stem
- (with dative case) to heal, cure, remedy, be good for or against a disease
- Synonym: sānō
- (figuratively) to amend, correct, relieve
Conjugation edit
- Second conjugation, but with no perfect conjugation or future participle and infinitive.
Conjugation of medeor (second conjugation, no supine stem, deponent, no perfect stem) | |||||||
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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 edit
Related terms edit
References edit
- “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[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to relieve a difficulty: incommodis mederi
- to relieve a difficulty: incommodis mederi