(v. a.P. a.) : mĕdĭco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.1. medicus
* To heal, cure (poet. and in post-Aug. prose for the class. medeor).
* Lit.
* With acc.: ego istum lepide medicabo metum,Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 40: (apes) odore galbani,Col. 9, 13, 7: vulneris aestus,Sil. 6, 98: furores,Nemes. Ecl. 2, 28.
* Transf.
* To impart the virtue of a remedy, give healing power to: hoc fusum labris splendentibus amnem Inficit, occulte medicans,Verg. A. 12, 418.
* To besprinkle with the juice of herbs, to medicate: semina,to steep,Verg. G. 1, 193: semina omnia suco herbae quae sedum appellatur, medicare,Col. 11, 30, 40: exigua portione medicatur aqua,id. 6, 4, 4; 9, 13, 3: vinum medicatum,i. e. spurious, adulterated,id. 1, 6, 20: merum,Front. 2, 5, 12: ficus,Plin. 16, 27, 51, § 118.
* To color, dye, with tingere: capillos,Ov. Am. 1, 14, 6.—Hence, mĕdĭcātus, a, um, P. a.
* Besprinkled with juices, sprinkled, medicated (poet. and post-Aug.): semina suco herbae sedi,Col. 1, 3: sedes,places sprinkled with the juice of herbs,Verg. G. 4, 65: somnus, produced by a juice or a charm, Ov. H. 12, 107: fruges,Verg. A. 6, 420: lana medicata fuco,stained, dyed,Hor. C. 3, 5, 28: Amyclaeis medicatum vellus ahenis,Ov. R. Am. 707.—To poison: boletum medicatum,i. e. poisoned,Suet. Claud. 44: herbae,Col. 11, 3, 64; cf.: medicata veneno tela,Sil. 7, 453: medicatae cuspidis ictus,id. 13, 197: mortui,embalmed,Mel. 1, 57.
* Useful or good for healing, medicinal: aquae medicatae,Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 9: sapor aquae,Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 4: fontes,Cels. 4, 5; Sen. Prov. 2, 1; Plin. 2, 93, 95, § 207: potio,Curt. 3, 6, 2: inguen,Juv. 12, 36.—Comp.: lac bubulum medicatius,Plin. 28, 9, 33, § 124.—Sup.: res medicatissimae,Plin. 28, 7, 23, § 78.

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