English → Latin
“healing” in Latin
medicōto heal, cure; to give healing power to; to medicatemĕdĭcāmentōsusthat has a healing power, medicinalsalūtōto preserve, keep safe; to greet, salute; to pay respectssălūbrishealth-givingprofessiōdeclaration, avowal, profession (act of professing); occupation, profession (professional employment)medicīnusOf or pertaining to doctors and healing; medical, medicinalsānātiōa healing, curingcūrātiōtreatment, care, operation (medical, surgical); administration, office (public)
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
healing adj.
medicatus: medicamentosus (endowed with healing powers): salutaris: salubris, etc. The healing art, ars medendi, ars medicina; mostly medicina only: salutaris ars or professio (these two objectively): scientia medendi or medicinae (subjectively, as theoretical knowledge). To profess the healing art, medicinam exercere, facere, factitare, profiteri. Healing powers, vis medendi (after Tac., Ann., 15, 34, extr.). Healing springs, aquae medicatae or medicae salubritatis. The healing virtues of a spring, salubritas medica fontis.
healing s.
sanatio: curatio (treatment, without reference to its success): vis medendi. The art of healing, [Vid: “the HEALING art”. To be employed for the healing of a disease, ad curationem alicujus morbi adhiberi.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for healing?
- The usual Latin words for “healing” are medicō, mĕdĭcāmentōsus, salūtō; also sălūbris, professiō, medicīnus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.