noun · masculinethird declension
meddix
meddix m (genitive meddicis)
Classical[ˈmɛd.dɪks]Ecclesiastical[ˈmɛd.diks]
Meaning
- masculinethe title of a magistrate among the Oscans
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | meddix | meddicēs medicēs |
| genitive | meddicis medicis | meddicum medicum |
| dative | meddicī medicī | meddicibus medicibus |
| accusative | meddicem medicem | meddicēs medicēs |
| ablative | meddice medice | meddicibus medicibus |
| vocative | meddix | meddicēs medicēs |
meddix (medix), icis, m. from the root med-, medeor; cf. Homeric μέδοντες,
I. he who cares for, attends to, a curator, the title of a magistrate among the Oscans: meddix apud Oscos nomen magistratūs est. Ennius: summus ibi capitur meddix, occiditur alter, Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Müll. (Enn. Ann. v. 296 Vahl.).—With the epithet tuticus (which prob. answers to the summus of Ennius, and is allied to totus), joined into one word, meddixtuticus or medixtuticus, Liv. 24, 19, 2; 26, 6, 13:
is summus magistratus erat Campanis, id. 23, 35, 13.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
meddix (mēdix) icis, m
Oscan; among the Oscans, a magistrate : meddix tuticus, the highest magistrate (of the Oscans), L.
Origins
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 midithir, Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌸𐍃 (mitaþs), Ancient Greek μέδομαι (médomai), German Maut.