remedium

Latin

Etymology

From re- +‎ medeor (“heal”) +‎ -ium.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [rɛˈmɛ.di.ũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [reˈmɛː.di.um]

Noun

remedium n (genitive remediī or remedī); second declension

1. remedy, cure
   • 166 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Andria 468:

     DĀVUS: Quod remedium nunc huic mālō inveniam?

     DAVUS: Now what cure can I find for this trouble?

2. medicine

   Augustō aegrō, remedium invenīre cōnābor.

   With Augustus being sick, I will try to find medicine.

3. aid, assistance

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	remedium	remedia
genitive	remediī remedī1	remediōrum
dative	remediō	remediīs
accusative	remedium	remedia
ablative	remediō	remediīs
vocative	remedium	remedia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

• Catalan: remei
• Old Franco-Provençal: remeio
  • Franco-Provençal: remeio
• Old French: remede, remedie
  • → Middle English: remedye
    • English: remedy
  • French: remède
• Friulian: rimiedi
• Galician: remedio
• Ido: remedio
• Interlingua: remedio
• Italian: rimedio
• Piedmontese: armedi, → rimedi
• → Polish: remedium
• Portuguese: remédio
• Romanian: remediu
• Sicilian: rimedi, rimeji
• → Sicilian: rimèdiu
• Spanish: remedio

References

• “remedium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “remedium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "remedium", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “remedium”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin remedium.

Noun

remedium n (definite singular remediet, indefinite plural remedier, definite plural remedia or remediene)

1. (dated) a remedy

Alternative forms

• remedie

References

• “remedium” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “remedium” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin remedium.

Noun

remedium n (definite singular remediet, indefinite plural remedium, definite plural remedia)

1. (dated) a remedy

Alternative forms

• remedie

References

• “remedium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

remedium

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin remedium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɛˈmɛ.djum/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛdjum
• Syllabification: re‧me‧dium

Noun

remedium n

1. (medicine) medicine

   Synonym: lekarstwo

2. remedy, cure (something that corrects or counteracts)

Declension

Declension of remedium

	singular	plural
nominative	remedium	remedia
genitive	remedium	remediów
dative	remedium	remediom
accusative	remedium	remedia
instrumental	remedium	remediami
locative	remedium	remediach
vocative	remedium	remedia

Further reading

• remedium in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• remedium in Polish dictionaries at PWN