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medicus.

doctor, physician; fourth finger of the hand;

7 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

adj[ˈmɛ.dɪ.kʊs]Classical-Latin[ˈmɛː.di.kus]

  1. healing, curative, medical

    adjective · declension-1 · declension-2

  2. magic

    adjective · declension-1 · declension-2
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree 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 *-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.

noun[ˈmɛ.dɪ.kʊs]Classical-Latin[ˈmɛː.di.kus]

  1. doctor, physician, surgeon

    declension-2 · masculine
    Nuper erat medicus, nunc est vespillo Diaulus: quod vespillo facit, fecerat et medicus.
    Medice, cura teipsum. (Lucas 4:23)
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree 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 *-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.

adj

  1. Median, Median language

    adjective · declension-1 · declension-2
Where this word comes from

From Mēdus (“Mede”) + -icus.

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