remedium

remedium

Latin

Etymology

    From re- + medeor (heal) + -ium.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    remedium n (genitive remediī or remedī); second declension

    1. remedy, cure
    2. medicine
      Augustō aegrō, remedium invenīre cōnābor.
      With Augustus being sick, I will try to find medicine.
    3. aid, assistance

    Declension

    Second-declension noun (neuter).

    singular plural
    nominative remedium remedia
    genitive remediī
    remedī1
    remediōrum
    dative remediō remediīs
    accusative remedium remedia
    ablative remediō remediīs
    vocative remedium remedia

    1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

    Descendants

    • Catalan: remei
    • Old Franco-Provençal: remeio
    • Old French: remede, remedie
    • Friulian: rimiedi
    • Galician: remedio
    • Ido: remedio
    • Interlingua: remedio
    • Italian: rimedio
    • Piedmontese: armedi, rimedi
    • Polish: remedium
    • Portuguese: remédio
    • Romanian: remediu
    • Sicilian: rimedi, rimeji
    • Sicilian: rimèdiu
    • Spanish: remedio

    References

    • remedium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • remedium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • "remedium", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • remedium”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

    Norwegian Bokmål

    Etymology

    From Latin remedium.

    Noun

    remedium n (definite singular remediet, indefinite plural remedier, definite plural remedia or remediene)

    1. (dated) a remedy

    Alternative forms

    References

    Norwegian Nynorsk

    Etymology

    From Latin remedium.

    Noun

    remedium n (definite singular remediet, indefinite plural remedium, definite plural remedia)

    1. (dated) a remedy

    Alternative forms

    References

    Polish

    Etymology

      Learned borrowing from Latin remedium.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /rɛˈmɛ.djum/
      • Audio:(file)
      • Rhymes: -ɛdjum
      • Syllabification: re‧me‧dium

      Noun

      remedium n

      1. (medicine) medicine
        Synonym: lekarstwo
      2. remedy, cure (something that corrects or counteracts)

      Declension

      Further reading

      • remedium”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
      • remedium”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN[2] (in Polish)