medicamen Latin · revision 32455

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=ine-pro *med-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [mɛ.dɪˈkaː.mɛn]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [me.diˈkaː.men]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''medicāmen''' ''n'' (genitive medicāminis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|medicō|-men|t1=to heal, treat]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) [[m|la|medicō]] belongs with [[m|la|medicus|t=doctor]] and [[m|la|medeor|t=to heal]], which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*med-ē-]] and [[ine-pro|*med-|t=to measure]].^(de Vaan 2008) He explains the meaning by a shift from "measure" through "judge" to "distribute a cure", and compares [[grc|μέδομαι|tr=médomai|t=to care for, think of]] and [[sga|midithir|t=to measure, judge]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Lewis & Short find it only once in Cicero, who mocks a man for saying that he was usually treated with certain wine-laced remedies.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is any substance given or applied for its effect on the body: Ovid speaks of drugs that bring deep sleep.^(OLD 2012) Like [[medicamentum|alt=medicāmentum]] and [[grc|φάρμακον|tr=phármakon]], it can be a healing remedy or a poison.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis & Short call it mostly poetic and post-Augustan.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Ovid's poem on cosmetics uses it of face creams, Columella of a preparation for steeping seeds, and Lucan of a saffron hair dye.^(OLD 2012) Church Latin glosses it medicine.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of remedies.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid of sleeping drugs and of cosmetics.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1st century AD – Columella of a treatment for seeds.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|drug]], a substance with an effect on the body; also a poison.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A [[m|en|remedy]], medicine; figuratively, a cure.^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A [[m|en|cosmetic]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A preparation for treating seeds or plants, or for preserving or flavouring food.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A [[m|en|dye]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[medicamentum|alt=medicāmentum]]

+ * [[medicus]]

+ * [[medeor]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}