Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1089.medicus on page 1089
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medicus doctor
medicus is a Latin Noun that primarily means doctor.
Definitions for medicus
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
doctor, physician
English derivatives:
medic medical medicate medicine medicinal
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
A physician, doctor. (b) (w. defining ep.). (c) the fourth finger (cf. next, sense c.).
Adjective
- 1
(a) [prec.] Healing, curative, medical (b) having medicinal properties. (c) digitus ~us, the fourth finger.
- 2
(a) Of or belonging to Media; Median; malus ~a, the citron.
Sentences with medicus
Latin to English
Sī Fannia nōn valēbit, Plīnius medicum arcesset.Compare If Fannia is not well (literally, will not be well), Pliny will call the doctor.
Non minus principi turpia sunt multa supplicia quam medico multa funera. [De Clementia, I, xxiv, 1)Compare Numerous executions are not less discreditable to a prince than are numerous funerals to a physician.
Iste cohors qui homo sum? Volusius haruspex et Cornelius medicus.Compare To what sort of men does this cohort belong? To Volusius the soothsayer and Cornelius the physician.
Hunc affectum adversus omnis habet sapiens, quem adversus aegros suos medicus.Compare The wise man's feeling toward all men is that of the physician toward his patients.
Medicus enim nihil aliud est quam animi consolatio.Compare A doctor is nothing but a sop to conscience.
Declension table for medicus
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | medicus | medicī |
| Gen. | medicī | medicōrum |
| Dat. | medicō | medicīs |
| Acc. | medicum | medicōs |
| Voc. | medice | medicī |
| Abl. | medicō | medicīs |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 78.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1089.
- Word frequencies
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
Bibliography
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Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. 6th ed. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing, 2008.
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Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
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Glare, Peter G.W. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Vols. 1-8. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1982.
Krüger, Bernd. "Latin Conjugation Tables." Cactus2000. Accessed May 5, 2023. https://latin.cactus2000.de/index.en.php.
Pierson, Nick. "Sound of Text." Accessed October 26, 2019. https://soundoftext.com.
Wheelock, Frederick M. Wheelock's Latin. 6th ed. Revised by Richard A. LaFleur. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "medicus, medicī (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/medicus-medici.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 78.medicus, medicī on page 78
