remedy (v.) Copy link Outline I. Lit.II. Fig.1. mĕdeor, 2 (constr. with dat.; rarely acc.)2. occurro, curri, cursum, 3 (to counteract3. sāno, 1 (to cure)4. corrĭgo, rexi, rectum, 35. more freq. expr. by phr. with remedium • remedy (v.): I. Lit.: sāno, 1: v. cure, heal, and preced. art. II. Fig.: 1. mĕdeor, 2 (constr. with dat.; rarely acc.): to r. an evil, malo m. (joined to sanare), Cic. Agr. 1, 9, 26: to r. the deficiency of corn, m. rei frumentariae inopiae, Caes. B. G. 5, 24: they must r. it by law, medendum est lege, Tac. A. 4, 16: to r. one's desires, m. cupiditates, Ter. Ph. 5, 4, 3. 2. occurro, curri, cursum, 3 (to counteract: with dat.); variety r.s ennui, varietas occurrit satietati, Cic. Or. 52, 174: to r. both evils, utrique rei o., Nep. Pelop. 1, 1: v. counteract. 3. sāno, 1 (to cure): to r. an inconvenience, s. incommodum, Caes. B. G. 7, 29: Cic. 4. corrĭgo, rexi, rectum, 3: v. correct. 5. more freq. expr. by phr. with remedium: to try to r. the delay, r. quaerere ad eam moram, Cic. Clu. 9, 27: when vices become habits there is no chance of r.ing them, ubi quae fuerant vitia mores sunt desinit esse remedio locus, Sen. Ep. 39, extr. Phr.: to r. the barrenness of the soil, obviam ire infecunditati terrarum, Tac. A. 4, 6.