LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

medicīna

medicīna f (genitive medicīnae)
Classical[mɛ.dɪˈkiː.na]Ecclesiastical[me.diˈt͡ʃiː.na]

Meaning

  1. medicine, remedy, cure
  2. practice or art of medicine or healing
  3. doctor's clinic or pharmacy

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativemedicīnamedicīnae
genitivemedicīnaemedicīnārum
dativemedicīnaemedicīnīs
accusativemedicīnammedicīnās
ablativemedicīnāmedicīnīs
vocativemedicīnamedicīnae

mĕdĭcīna, ae, v. medicinus, II.

Origins

Substantive of the feminine of medicīnus (“medical”), an adjective based on medicus (“doctor”).

Elsewhere
  • Catalanmedicina
  • Catalanmedecina
  • Occitanmedecina
  • Occitanmedicina
  • Frenchmédecinefrom Old French medecine
  • Englishmedicinefrom Old French medecine
  • Portuguesemedicina
  • Romanianmedicină
  • Spanishmedicina
  • Czechmedicína
Insular Romance
  • Sardinianmedichina
  • Sardinianmeichina
  • Sardinianmeighina
  • Sicilianmidicina
Ibero-Romance
  • Portuguesemezinhafrom Old Galician-Portuguese meezinha
  • Spanishmelecinafrom Old Spanish melezina
  • Asturianmelecinafrom Old Leonese medecina
  • Leonesemedecinafrom Old Leonese medecina
  • Leonesemelecinafrom Old Leonese medecina
  • Mirandesemalzinafrom Old Leonese medecina
  • Galicianmenciñafrom Old Galician-Portuguese meezinha
  • Ladinomelezinafrom Old Spanish melezina
Italo-Romance
  • Italianmedicina
Occitano-Romance
  • Catalanmetzina
  • Old Occitanmetzina
  • Old Occitanmecina
North Italian
  • Ligurianmeixina
  • Old Venetanmeesina
  • Piedmontesemeisina
  • Romanshmaschdina
Gallo-Romance
  • Old Frenchmecine
  • Normanmèchinefrom Old Northern French mechine
  • Normanmerchinefrom Old Northern French mechine
Ancient borrowings
  • Old Irishmidchuina
  • Welshmeddyginiaeth

In English words that came into English from medicīna

  • medicinemedicīna
  • medicinalmedicīnālis
  • medicinablemedicinabilis

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesMedicinaMedicina (ο—ατρική), the name of that science which, as Celsus says (de Medic. lib. i. Praef.), promises health to the sick, and whose object is defin…

Quick answers

What does medicīna mean in Latin?
medicīna, a noun, means “medicine, remedy, cure; practice or art of medicine or healing; doctor's clinic or pharmacy”.
What is the genitive of medicīna?
The genitive singular is medicīnae. medicīna is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce medicīna?
In classical Latin, [mɛ.dɪˈkiː.na]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [me.diˈt͡ʃiː.na].
Which English words come from medicīna?
English words that go back to Latin medicīna include medicine, medicinal and medicinable.