remedium Latin · revision 18006

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=234–149 BC, Cato|origins=ine-pro *med-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [rɛˈmɛ.di.ũː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [reˈmɛː.di.um]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''remedium''' ''n'' (genitive remediī or remedī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|re-]] and [[m|la|medeor|t=to heal]] with the suffix ⟨-ium⟩, perhaps through a verb ⟨*remedērī⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Etymonline suggests that the prefix may be intensive here.^(Etymonline) De Vaan derives [[m|la|medeor]] from [[itc-pro|*med-ē-]], from [[ine-pro|*med-|t=to measure]], with a shift from “to measure” to “to give a cure”; it is cognate with [[grc|μέδομαι|tr=médomai|t=to care for]] and [[got|𐌼𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽|tr=mitan|t=to measure]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Cato has ''intertrīginī remedium'', “a remedy for chafing”.^(OLD 2012) Caecilius has ''cum meae mortī remedium reperībit nēmō'', “since no one will find a remedy for my death”, and Köbler dates it from Terence.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Remedium'' is “a remedy, cure, medicine” for illness or injury, and a remedy against other physical troubles, such as famine (Pliny the Elder).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) Figuratively it is any means of countering or avoiding a non-physical ill, “a remedy, relief”, and also “aid, help”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “remedy”.^(Stelten 1995) In Medieval Latin ''remedium animae'' is the salvation of the soul, and a gift made for it; it also means a reduction of taxes.^(Niermeyer 1976) English [[m|en|remedy]] comes from it, through Anglo-French, about 1200.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato: ''intertrīginī remedium''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 230/220–168 BC – Caecilius: ''mortī remedium''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius: ''ratiō remediī''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1200 – English [[m|en|remedy]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|remedy]], [[m|en|cure]], medicine.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # A remedy (against physical troubles).^(OLD 2012)

+ # A means of countering, relief; aid, help.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' ''remedium animae'': the salvation of the soul; a gift for it.^(Niermeyer 1976)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A reduction of taxes.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[remedialis]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[medeor]]

+ * [[medicus]]

+ * [[medicīna]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}