remedy (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. rĕmĕdium2. mĕdĭcāmentum (a healing drug)3. mĕdĭcāmen, ĭnis, n. (same as preced.4. mĕdĭcīna (healing; hence, that which heals)5. mĕdēla6. auxĭlium (a help)7. praesĭdium (a protection)8. praesentāneum (a r. that operates at once)9. regressus, ūs (a legal r.)10. lēnīmentum • remedy (subs.): 1. rĕmĕdium: not a violent but a powerful r., non praeceps sed strenuum r., Curt. 3, 6., 2: a quick r., praesentaneum r., Plin. 21, 31, 105: a most efficacious r., praesentissimum r., Col. 6, 14, ad init.: a r. against cold, r. frigoris, Curt. 8, 4, 11: a r. for the throat, r. ad fauces, Suet. Ner. 35, ad fin.: to cure by opposite r.s (= allopathically), contrariis remediis sanare, Cels. 3, 9: to be a r., esse remedio (also in nom. and gen.), Plin., passim: Fig.: a sharp r., acre r., Cic. Clu. 24, 67: an active r., r. diligens, Sen. Ep. 95, 14: an extreme r., r. extremum, id. 29, 3: a r. arising from war, r. ex bello, Tac. A. 4, 72: to procure r.s for making pain endurable, r. comparare ad tolerandum dolorem, Cic. Tusc. 5, 26, 74: to find r.s for his poisonous devices, veneficiis r. invenire, id. Phil. 13, 11, 25: to apply r.s to the diseases of the mind, r. morbis animorum adhibere., id. Tusc. 4., 27, 58: to use philosophy as a r., philosophiam in r. suum exercere, Sen. Ep. 111, 2: r.s are of no avail unless they are persevered in, r. non prosunt nisi immorantur, id. ib. 40, 4. 2. mĕdĭcāmentum (a healing drug): to give a r., m. dare, Cic. Off. 3, 24, 92. Fig.: a r. for grief, m. doloris, id. Fin. 2, 7, 22: a universal r. (panacea), panchrestum m., id. Verr. 3, 65, 152. 3. mĕdĭcāmen, ĭnis, n. (same as preced.: fig. only in poet.): violent r.s, violenta m., Cic. Pis. 6, 13 (al. vinolenta): to apply strong r.s to an angry woman, iratae m. fortia praebere, Ov. A. A. 2, 489. 4. mĕdĭcīna (healing; hence, that which heals): to apply a r., m. adhibere, Cic. Att. 16, 15, post med. Fig.: a standing r. for grief, m. perpetua doloris, id. Fam. 5, 15, 4: Ov. 5. mĕdēla: to apply a r. to one's wounds, m. adhibere vulneribus, App. M. 8, p. 210. Fig.: the r.s provided by the laws, m. legum, Gell. 20, 1. 6. auxĭlium (a help): to be a r., auxilio esse, Plin. 26, 12, 78: it is better to try a doubtful r. than none, satius anceps a. experiri quam nullum, Cels. 2, 10. 7. praesĭdium (a protection): it is a r. for ear-diseases, aurium morbis p. est, Plin. 22, 22, 44. 8. praesentāneum (a r. that operates at once): Plin. 30, 9, 23 § 79. 9. regressus, ūs (a legal r.): to have no r. against the vendor, nullum adversus venditorem habere r., Pomp. Dig. 21, 2, 34. 10. lēnīmentum: v. relief, alleviation. Phr.: kinds of herbs which are a r. for the bites of beasts, genera herbarum ad morsus bestiarum, Cic. Div. 1, 7, 13: Caes.: Plin.: it is a r. for strangury, facit ad difficultatem urinae, id. 22, 18, 21: the seed is a r. for serpents' stings, semen contra serpentes valet, id. 22, 22, 35; so, auxiliatur contra serpentes, id. 21, 19, 77: it is a r. for the dropsical, hydropicis prodest, id. 21, 19, 78: it is a most efficacious r. for the sting of wasps, praesentissimum est contra ictus vesparum, id. 21, 20, 86 (v. efficacious): his disorder increases with the r., aegrescit medendo, Virg. Aen. 12, 46: I do not approve of his r.s, curationes non probo, Cic. Fam. 16, 4, 1: no r. is more important for the state, nulla salus reipublicae major est, id. Div. in Caecil. 21, 71.
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.
REMEDY Copy link • REMEDY 1. s. remedium (PROP. and figuratively): medicina (PROP. and figuratively): medicamentum (PROP.): antidotum (an antidote). To apply a remedy to a disease, morbo medicinam adhibere: to seek a remedy for anything, medicinam alicui rei quaerere (PROP. and figuratively): to find a remedy, auxilium (or medicinam) reperire, or remedium invenire, alicui rei; res adversus aliquid praesenti remedio est (is a quick remedy); si periturus sit, quil aborat, nisi temeraria quoque via fuerit adjutus... satius est anceps auxilium experiri quam nullum (Cels., 2, 10; desperate remedies must be tried in desperate cases). 2. v. mederi alicui or alicui rei (PROP. and figuratively): sanare, or sanum facere aliquem or aliquid (to make a person or thing sound or whole, PROP. and figuratively) [Vid: also, CURE, v.] : remedio esse, anything, ad aliquid (to serve as means against anything; of medicine): utilem esse, anything, contra aliquid, alicui rei (to be useful or serviceable; of medicine and other things): prodesse, anything, adversus aliquid, alicui rei (to be good for anything; of medicine and other things): salutarem esse, anything, ad aliquid (to be wholesome; of medicines and other things): posse ad aliquid (to operate in or against anything; e.g., ad morsus serpentum): valere adversus aliquid, efficacem esse contra aliquid (to be good or effectual against anything): to remedy a want of provisions, rei frumentariae mederi; rem frumentariam expedire. To remedy quickly and effectually (of a medicine), res adversus aliquid praesenti remedio est. To discover how to remedy a thing, auxilium reperire or remedium invenire alicui rei: that cannot be remedied, insanabilis (☞ immedicabilis is poetical).