mĕdĕor, 2
* V. dep. n. [root madh, to be wise; Zend, madha, the healing art; cf. μάθος, also medicus, re-med-ium], to heal, cure, be good for or against a disease (syn.: medico, sano, curo); constr. with dat., rarely with contra, very rarely with acc. (class.).
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* Of pers. subjects: medico non solum morbus ejus, cui mederi volet, cognoscendus est,Cic. de Or. 2, 44, 186.—Prov.: cum capiti mederi debeam, reduviam curo,i. e. to neglect matters of importance while attending to trifles,Cic. Rosc. Am. 44, 128.
* Trop., to remedy, relieve, amend, correct, restore, etc.
* With dat.: huic malo,Cic. Agr. 1, 9, 26: dies stultis quoque mederi solet,id. Fam. 7, 28, 3: incommodis omnium,id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 10: afflictae et perditae rei publicae,id. Sest. 13, 31: religioni,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 51, § 114: inopiae rei frumentariae,Caes. B. G. 5, 24: tum satietati, tum ignorantiae lectorum,to provide against,Nep. Pelop. 1, 1: rei alicui lege aut decreto senatus,Tac. A. 4, 16.
* With acc.: quas (cupiditates) mederi possis,Ter. Phorm. 5, 4, 2; Just. Inst. 2, 7.—Pass.: aquae medendis corporibus nobiles,Vell. 2, 25, 4.—Absol.: aegrescit medendo,his disorder increases with the remedy,Verg. A. 12, 46.—Impers. pass.: ut huic vitio medeatur,Vitr. 6, 11.—Hence, mĕdens, entis (gen. plur. medentum, Ov. M. 15, 629), subst., a physician (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): veluti pueris absinthia tetra medentes cum dare conantur,Lucr. 1, 936; Ov. H. 21, 14: Democrates e primis medentium,Plin. 25, 8, 49, § 87; Plin. Pan. 22.

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