medeor Latin · revision 2949

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=inherited|attested=Cato|origins=ine-pro *med-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈmɛ.de.ɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈmɛː.de.or]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''medeor''' (present infinitive medērī); second conjugation, deponent, no perfect or supine stems^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*med-ē-]], from [[ine-pro|*med-|t=to measure]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan explains the meaning as a shift from “to measure” through “to judge” to “to be a healer”, the verb perhaps being built on a noun *medos- “judgement”, the source of [[modus]].^(de Vaan 2008) The OLD links it with [[meditor]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ Cognate with [[sga|midithir|t=measures, judges]], [[grc|μέδομαι|tr=médomai|t=to care for, think of]] and [[got|𐌼𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽|tr=mitan|t=to measure]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found from Cato onwards.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) Afranius has a character say ''arquato medeor'', “I cure the jaundiced”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to [[m|en|heal]] or cure, usually with the dative, as when Cicero says a doctor must know not only the illness of the patient he wants to cure but his habits in health.^(OLD 2012) Pliny uses it for treating wounds.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ Figuratively it meant to remedy or relieve, as Cicero's plea to the jury to “heal the religious scruples of our allies”, and to make good a shortage of grain.^(OLD 2012) From it came [[medicus]] “doctor”, [[medicina|alt=medicīna]] and [[remedium]].^(de Vaan 2008) English ''medicine'' and ''remedy'' came through Old French about 1200.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses its derivatives ''medicus'' and ''medicina''.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it for healing and for remedying.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1200 – English ''medicine'' and ''remedy'' are first recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # ''(with dative)'' To [[m|en|heal]], cure, treat.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To remedy, relieve, put right.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[medicus]]

+ * [[medēla]]

+ * [[medibilis]]

+ * [[remedium]]

+ * [[medella]]

+ * [[medica]]

+ * [[medicābilis]]

+ * [[medicābulum]]

+ * [[medicāmen]]

+ * [[medicāmentārius]]

+ * [[medicāmentōsus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[meditor]]

+ * [[modus]]

+ * [[en|medicine]]

+ * [[en|remedy]]

+ * [[en|medical]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Döderlein distinguishes ''mederi'', healing as the doctor's act of care and skill, from ''sanare'', the cure as the effect of the treatment.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}