adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
medicus1
medicus (feminine medica, neuter medicum)
Classical[ˈmɛ.dɪ.kʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈmɛː.di.kus]
Mille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- adjectivehealing, curative, medical
- adjectivemagic
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
quī morbōs sānat; aegrōs cūrat.medicus -ī m — in Mille Verba, Corpus Hūmānum
quī aegrōs sānatmedicus -ī (m) — in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 7 and Evangelium secundum Marcum, ch. 4, 9
a doctor
medicus — in Seneca, ch. XVIII
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | medicus | medica | medicum |
| genitive | medicī | medicae | medicī |
| dative | medicō | medicae | medicō |
| accusative | medicum | medicam | medicum |
| ablative | medicō | medicā | medicō |
| vocative | medice | medica | medicum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | medicī | medicae | medica |
| genitive | medicōrum | medicārum | medicōrum |
| dative | medicīs | medicīs | medicīs |
| accusative | medicōs | medicās | medica |
| ablative | medicīs | medicīs | medicīs |
| vocative | medicī | medicae | medica |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- se philosophum, medicum (esse) profiteri
- to be a philosopher, physician by profession.
mĕdĭcus, a, um medeor,
I. of or pertaining to healing, healing, curative, medical (as adj., poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
I. Adj.:
medicas adhibere manus ad vulnera, Verg. G. 3, 455: ars, Ov. Tr. 5, 6, 12: potus, Nemes. Cyn. 222: vis, Plin. 36, 27, 69, § 202: salubritas, id. 5, 16, 15, § 72: usus, id. 22, 25, 81, § 163: digitus, the next to the little finger (cf. medicinalis), id. 30, 12, 34, § 108. —* B. Transf., magical:
Marmaridae, medicum vulgus, ad quorum tactum mites jacuere cerastae, Sil. 3, 300.—II. Subst.:
A. mĕdĭcus, i, m.
1. A medical man, physician, surgeon (class.):
medicus nobilissimus atque optimus quaeritur, Cic. Clu. 21, 57: medicum arcessere, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 122: admovere aegro, Suet. Ner. 37: vulnerum, a surgeon, Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 22: caeduntur tumidae medico ridente mariscae, Juv. 2, 13; cf.: medicus ait se obligasse crus fractum Aesculapio, Apollini autem bracchium, Plaut. Men. 5, 3, 9: MEDICVS CLINICVS, CHIRVRGVS, OCVLARIVS, Inscr. Orell. 2983: AVRICVLARIVS, ib. 4227: IVMENTARIVS, ib. 4229; cf.: medici pecorum, Varr. R. R. 2, 7 fin.: LEGIONIS, Inscr. Orell. 448; 4996: DVPLARIVS TRIREMIS, ib. 3640: instrumentum medici, Paul. Sent. 3, 6, 62.—Prov.: medice, cura teipsum, Vulg. Luc. 4, 23.—2. The finger next the little finger, Gr. δάκτυλος ἰατρικός, Auct. Her. 3, 20, 33.—
B. mĕdĭ-ca, ae, f., a female physician (post-class.), App. M. 5, p. 363 Oud.; Inscr. Orell. 4230 sq.; Inscr. Grut. 635, 9; 636, 1 sq.—Also, a midwife, Interpr. Paul. Sent. 2, 24, 8; Ambros. Ep. 5.—
C. mĕdĭca, ōrum, n., medicinal herbs, Plin. 19, 5, 27, § 89.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
medicus adj.,
of healing, healing, medicinal: manūs, V.: ars, O.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*med-
- Proto-Italic*medos
- Latinmedicus
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ēō Latin -eō Latin medeor Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin medicus From medeor (“heal, cure”) + -icus. Prósper rejects this derivation due to the fact -icus generally does not attach to verb stems. She instead opts to posit medicus as a thematicization of Proto-Italic *meddiks.