meddix
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to give advice, heal”). Compare Latin medeor (“to heal, cure”), 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): /ˈmed.diks/, [ˈmɛd̪ːɪks̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmed.diks/, [ˈmɛd̪ːiks]
Noun edit
meddix m (genitive meddicis); third declension
- the title of a magistrate among the Oscans
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | meddix | meddicēs |
| Genitive | meddicis | meddicum |
| Dative | meddicī | meddicibus |
| Accusative | meddicem | meddicēs |
| Ablative | meddice | meddicibus |
| Vocative | meddix | meddicēs |
References edit
- “meddix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- meddix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.