LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

remedium

remedium n (genitive remediī or remedī)
Classical[rɛˈmɛ.di.ũː]Ecclesiastical[reˈmɛː.di.um]

Meaning

  1. neuterremedy, cure
    DĀVUS: Quod remedium nunc huic mālō inveniam?DAVUS: Now what cure can I find for this trouble?166 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Andria 468
  2. neutermedicine
    Augustō aegrō, remedium invenīre cōnābor.With Augustus being sick, I will try to find medicine.
  3. neuteraid, assistance

In the readers how our graded readers gloss it

a cure
remedium — in Seneca, ch. XVII

Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Mederi · Medicari · Sanare · Medicamen · Medicina · Remedium

1. Mederi and the poetical word medicari (μέδειν) denote healing, as the act of the physician, who heals with humane sympathy, judgment, and art, synonymously with curare, like ἰᾶσθαι; sanare, as the effect of the physic, which in a mechanical way makes the sick well again, synonymously with restituere, like ἀκεῖσθαι. 2. Medicamentum means a remedy, with reference to its material substance, as it is prepared by the apothecary, like φάρμακον; medicina, with reference to its healing virtues, as ordered by the physician; each with reference to an illness; whereas remedium denotes a remedy for any of the evils to which we are subject, like ἄκος. Cic. N. D. ii. 53. Medicamentorum salutarium plenissimæ terræ: comp. with Divin. ii. 51. Quam a medico petere medicinam. (v. 198.)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeremediumremedia
genitiveremediī
remedī		remediōrum
dativeremediōremediīs
accusativeremediumremedia
ablativeremediōremediīs
vocativeremediumremedia

rĕmĕdĭum, ii, n. re-medeor,
I. that which heals again; a cure, remedy (class. and freq.).
I. Lit., a remedy, medicine: ratio remedi certa, Lucr. 6, 1226: pantheras, quae in barbariā venenatā carne caperentur, remedium quoddam habere, quo cum essent usae, non morerentur, Cic. N. D. 2, 50, 126: contrariis remediis sanant, Cels. 3, 9.—With gen.: remedium est magni et recentis doloris sanguis missus, Cels. 4, 6.—With contra: contra omnium morsus remedio est gallinaceum cerebrum, Plin. 29, 4, 27, § 88: fumum ejus contra alia ligna, id. 12, 17, 39, § 78; Aug. Pecc. Merit. 2, 3.— Absol.: abstinere cibo omni, aut potu, etc.... in praesentissimis remediis habetur, Plin. 28, 4, 14, § 53: in remedio est, id. 29, 4, 27, § 88: remedium ad fauces pollicitus, Suet. Ner. 35 fin. et saep.—
B. Esp., a charm, amulet, magic preventive: si qui remedia quartanae vel doloris alterius collo gestaret, Amm. 19, 12, 14.—
II. Trop., a means of aid, assistance, or relief; a remedy: ad magnitudinem frigorum remedium comparare, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 10, § 26; so, remedia sibi comparare ad tolerandum dolorem, id. Tusc. 5, 26, 74: remedium quaerere ad moram, id. Clu. 9, 27; cf.: adversus consulta senatūs et decreta principum vel magistratuum remedium nullum est, nisi, etc., Quint. 5, 2, 5: adversus reliqua uti remediis, id. 4, 2, 101: remedium in ceteros, Tac. H. 1, 20 fin.: illius tanti vulneris, Cic. Fam. 5, 15, 1: aegritudinum, Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 28: miseriarum, id. Ad. 3, 1, 7: iracundiae, id. Phorm. 1, 4, 8: infirmae memoriae, Quint. 11, 2, 49: hujus metūs, id. 1, 2, 6: ubertatis, id. 2, 4, 6: cum hoc unum his tot in commodis remedium esse arbitrarer, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 3, 9: quibus rebus nostri haec reperiebant remedia, ut, etc., Caes B. C. 3, 50; cf.: veneficiis remedia invenire, Cic. Phil. 13, 11, 25: quod remedium huic malo inveniam? Ter. And. 3, 1, 10; id. Phorm, 1, 4, 23; 4, 3, 11: acrioribus saluti suae remediis subvenire, Cic. Clu. 24, 67: id remedium timori fuit, Liv. 3, 3, 5: cum utrumque ipsi pro remedio aegris rebus discordiā intestinā petissent, id. 9, 20, 5: hinc ira et questus, et postquam non subinveniebat (Olennius) remedium ex bello, Tac. A. 4, 72.

Origins

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinremedium

Proto-Indo-European *med- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *medos Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *-ējō Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ēō Latin -eō Latin medeor Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -iusnom. Latin -ium Latin remedium From re- + medeor (“heal”) + -ium.

Elsewhere
  • Catalanremei
  • Englishremedyfrom Old French remede
  • Frenchremèdefrom Old French remede
  • Italianrimedio
  • Portugueseremédio
  • Romanianremediu
  • Spanishremedio
  • Friulianrimiedi
  • Galicianremedio
  • Idoremedio
Old Franco-Provençal
  • Franco-Provençalremeio

Quick answers

What does remedium mean in Latin?
remedium, a noun, means “remedy, cure; medicine; aid, assistance”.
What is the genitive of remedium?
The genitive singular is remediī. remedium is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce remedium?
In classical Latin, [rɛˈmɛ.di.ũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [reˈmɛː.di.um].
Where does remedium come from?
Proto-Italic *wre- → Latin remedium.