medeor

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *medēōr, from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure, give advice, heal”). Compare Avestan 𐬬𐬍-𐬨𐬀𐬛‎ (vī-mad), Old Persian [script needed] (azdā), Old Armenian միտ (mit), Old Irish midiur, Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌸𐍃 (mitaþs), Ancient Greek μέδομαι (médomai), German Maut.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈme.de.or/, [ˈmɛ.de.ɔr]

Verb

medeor (present infinitive medērī); second conjugation, deponent, no perfect

  1. (with dative case) I heal, cure, remedy, am good for or against a disease.
  2. (figuratively) I amend, correct, relieve.

Inflection
  • Second conjugation, but with no perfect conjugation or future participle and infinitive.
   Conjugation of medeor (second conjugation, deponent, defective)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present medeor medēris, medēre medētur medēmur medēminī medentur
imperfect medēbar medēbāris, medēbāre medēbātur medēbāmur medēbāminī medēbantur
future medēbor medēberis, medēbere medēbitur medēbimur medēbiminī medēbuntur
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present medear medeāris, medeāre medeātur medeāmur medeāminī medeantur
imperfect medērer medērēris, medērēre medērētur medērēmur medērēminī medērentur
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — medēre — — medēminī —
future — medētor medētor — — medentor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives medērī — — — — —
participles medēns — — — — medendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
medēre medendī medendō medendum — —

Derived terms

References
  • medeor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • medeor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • medeor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to relieve a difficulty: incommodis mederi
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