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.
cure (v.) Copy link Outline I. To remedy1. cūro, 1 (strictly to treat medically; but also to cure)2. mĕdeor, 2 (with dat.)3. sāno, 1 (to make whole or sound4. mĕdĭcor, 15. (of a medicine) făcio, 3. v. CURE, subs. (fin.). Phr.II. To preserve by pickling • cure (v.): I. To remedy: 1. cūro, 1 (strictly to treat medically; but also to cure): until the general's wound was c.d, dum vulnus ducis curaretur, Liv. 21, 8: to c. diseases, morbos c., Cels. Hence percūro, 1: to c. completely: Liv.: Sen. 2. mĕdeor, 2 (with dat.): to c. the eyes, oculis m., Plin.: to c. a disease, morbo m., Cic. Fig.: to c. an evil, malo m., Cic. 3. sāno, 1 (to make whole or sound: with acc.): v. to heal. 4. mĕdĭcor, 1: v. to doctor. 5. (of a medicine) făcio, 3. v. cure, subs. (fin.). Phr.: what can't be c.d must be endured, levius fit patientia quodcunque corrigere est nefas, Hor. II. To preserve by pickling: sălio, săle condio: v. to salt.
CURE Copy link • CURE 1. s. Of a disease, curatio (cura never occurs in Cic., and but seldom in Cels.): sanatio (act of healing, Cic., PROP., and figuratively; e.g., malorum): medendi facultas (the means of curing anything): medicina (the remedy as prepared for anything, alicujus rei). A certain cure for anything, sanatio certa et propria alicujus rei (e.g., perturbationis animi, Cic.) a dangerous method of curing, curatio periculosa et anceps: to employ a method of cure, curationem adhibere morbo (in an illness); curationem admovere ad aliquem (to apply it to anybody): this method of cure may be adopted in the case of young people, and whenever the evil is not of a serious nature, hanc curationem puerilis aetas et modicum malum recipit. A cure for evils, sanatio malorum (Cic.): to follow a prescribed method of cure, curationem recipere: to undertake anybody’s cure, curationem suscipere: the method of cure promises to be successful, bene procedit curatio: to be called on to undertake the cure of a disease, ad curationem alicujus morbi adhiberi: method of cure, curandi ratio, via: curatio: medendi ratio: without a cure, insanabilis: qui etc. sanari non potest: anything is without a cure, non est in aliqua re medicinae faciendae locus: anything is the only cure for anything, alicujus rei in una aliqua re posita sanatio est: to attempt anybody’s cure by a different mode of treatment, aliam quandam curationem adhibere ad aliquem: to look about for a cure, medicinam alicui rei quaerere (PROP. and figuratively, ) CURE OF SOULS, *cura animarum. Livings with cure of souls, *beneficia, quibus animarum cura subest (Cone. Trid., Sess.24, c. 12): *beneficia curam animarum habentia (ib.): livings without cure of souls, *beneficia, quibus animarum cura nulla subest (ib.): one who has a cure of souls, *qui animos regit or moderatur: *animarum servator (not pastor): *qui beneficium obtinet, cui animarum cura subest (after Cone. Trid.). 2. v. sanare: sanum facere aliquem or aliquid: sanitatem alicui restituere (to cure anybody, or a disease, a wound, etc., ): mederi alicui or alicui rei (to assist or help anybody by remedies; all three as well of the physician as of the medicines or remedy, and also IMPROP., for “to restore to a former healthy state or condition’): curare aliquem or aliquid (to bestow the necessary attention and care on a person or disease = “treat anybody” or “anything,” but never in the sense of “effectually curing”). ☞ Medicari or medicare does not belong to classical prose. To cure anything effectually or radically, aliquid persanare or percurare (post-Augustan): to cure anybody perfectly, veram sanitatem alicui reddere: to cure one’s self by anything, mederi sibi aliqua re (e.g., cancros edendo) to be cured of a disease, sanum fieri ex morbo: to cure anybody mentally, sanare aliquem or alicujus animum; aliquem ad sanitatem reducere, or perducere, or revocare: sanitatem alicujus animo afferre: to be cured mentally, ad sanitatem reverti, or redire, or se convertere: what cannot be cured, insanabilis (☞ immedicabilis is poetical). To preserve, sale indurare: sale condire: sale macerare: salire: sale conspergere: salem aspergere alicui rei (to strew salt over or on anything, to salt it): sale obruere (to put a great deal of salt on anything): Cured meat, caro sale indurata: the curing of meat, fish, etc., salsura.