heal Copy link Outline I. Trans.1. sāno, 1 (to restore to a healthy condition)2. mĕdeor, 2, no perf. (to bring medical aid to, both lit. and fig.3. mĕdĭcor, 1 (rare in this sense, and poet.II. Intrans.1. sānesco, sānui, 32. cŏeo, 4, irr. (to close; of wounds)3. cŏălesco, ălui, 3 (= coeo) • heal: I. Trans.: 1. sāno, 1 (to restore to a healthy condition): to h. an ulcer, vomicam s., Cic. N. D. 3, 28, 70: (Machaon) h.'d the legs of Philoctetes, Philoctetae crura sanavit, Prop. Fig.: to h. the wounds inflicted on a province, s. vulnera quae sunt imposita provinciae, Cic. Att. 5, 17, fin. Join: convalescere et sanari [civitas], Cic. Sull. 27, fin. (The comp. consano is used by Col. of the healing up of trees after pruning: R. R. 4, 29, ad med.) 2. mĕdeor, 2, no perf. (to bring medical aid to, both lit. and fig.: with dat.): v. to cure. Fig.: to h. the miseries of the commonwealth, afflictae et perditae reipublicae m., Cic. Sext. 13, fin. 3. mĕdĭcor, 1 (rare in this sense, and poet.: with dat. or acc.): to h. the wound of a spear, cuspidis ictum m., Virg. Aen. 7, 756. See also to cure. Phr.: to h. a breach, *dissensionem s. dissidium inter amicos tollere: that the breach between you might be completely h.'d, ut omnia inter vos placarentur, Cic. Att. 1, 17, ad init. II. Intrans.: 1. sānesco, sānui, 3: such ulcers h. with difficulty, talia vulnera s. difficile, Plin. Join: coire atque sanescere [of an incised wound], Cels. 2, 10, ad fin. So comps., consanesco (to h. completely), Cic. Fam. 4, 6, ad fin.: resanesco (to h. again), Ov. 2. cŏeo, 4, irr. (to close; of wounds): Ov. Pont. 1, 3, 87: Cels. (v. supr.). 3. cŏălesco, ălui, 3 (= coeo): the wound h.s, vulnus c., Plin. 9, 51, 76. Phr.: the wound will h. over in time, tempore ducetur cicatrix, Ov. Pont. 1, 3, 15.