cure (subs.) Copy link Outline I. The act or result of curing1. sānātio2. sānĭtas (lit. soundness, health)3. Expr. by verbII. That which cures • cure (subs.): I. The act or result of curing: 1. sānātio: the c. or c.-ing of bodies, corporum s., Cic. Fig.: the c. of evils, s. malorum, id. 2. sānĭtas (lit. soundness, health): physic promises a c. to the sick, s. aegris medicina promittit, Cels.: with the c. of the bone the pain ceases, sanitate ossis dolor finitur, Cels.: until the treatment ended in a c., ad s. dum venit curatio, Phaedr. 5, 8, 12. (N.B.--Not cura or curatio, both of which denote treatment, whether resulting in a cure or not: cf. Vell. 2, 123: "cum omnem curam fata vincerent" sc. morte Augusti.) 3. Expr. by verb: as, the c. of these diseases is more difficult, *difficilius hi sanantur morbi, etc. (see verb). II. That which cures: rĕmĕdium: v. remedy. Phr.: the root is an excellent c. for colic, dysury, radix coeliacis, ad difficultatem urinae praeclare facit, Plin.