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Mēdēa, ae (arch.

  1. I. gen. Medeaï, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63; v. Enn. p. 127, v. 292 Vahl.; nom. Mēdē, acc. to id. p. 130, v. 311 Vahl.), and Mēdīa, f., = Μήδεια, a celebrated sorceress, daughter of Æetes, king of Colchis. She assisted her lover, Jason the Argonaut, in obtaining the golden fleece, accompanied him to Greece, and prevented her father, who was in pursuit, from overtaking them, by strewing the sea with her brother’s limbs. When Jason afterwards repudiated her, in order to marry Creusa, she killed the children she had had by him, and burned the bride to death in her palace: item ut Medea Peliam concoxit senem, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 52; Ov. M. 7, 9 sqq.; Hyg. Fab. 21, 22, 25: ne pueros coram populo Medea trucidet, Hor. A. P. 185.
    The subject of tragedies by several authors, v. Quint. 10, 1, 98.
    1. B. Transf.
      1. 1. Medea Palatina, i. e. Clodia, Cic. Cael. 8, 18.
      2. 2. Medea nigra, a precious stone, so named after Medea, Plin. 37, 10, 63, § 173.
        Hence,
  2. II. Mēdēis, ĭdis, f. adj., Medean, magical (poet.): Medeides herbae, Ov. A. A. 2, 101.

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.).

  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. 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.
    2. B. Of subjects not personal: contra serpentium ictus mederi, Plin. 9, 31, 51, § 99: oculis herba chelidonia, id. 8, 27, 41, § 98: dolori dentium, id. 20, 1, 2, § 4: capitis vulneribus, id. 24, 6, 22, § 36: medendi ars, the healing art, art of medicine, Ov. A. A. 2, 735; id. M. 7, 526; Lact. 1, 18 fin.
      Pass.: ut ex vino stomachi dolor medeatur, Hier. Ep. 22, 4; cf.: medendae valetudini leniendisque morbis opem adhibere, Suet. Vesp. 8.
  2. II. Trop., to remedy, relieve, amend, correct, restore, etc.
          1. (α) 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, id. 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.
          2. (β) 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.