meddix
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to give advice, heal”). Compare Latin medeor (“to heal, cure”), Avestan 𐬬𐬍-𐬨𐬀𐬛- (vī-mad-), Old Persian [script needed] (azdā), Old Armenian միտ (mit), Old Irish midiur, Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌸𐍃 (mitaþs), Ancient Greek μέδομαι (médomai), German Maut.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmɛd.dɪks]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmɛd̪.d̪iks]
Noun
meddix m (genitive meddicis); third declension
- the title of a magistrate among the Oscans
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | meddix | meddicēs |
| genitive | meddicis | meddicum |
| dative | meddicī | meddicibus |
| accusative | meddicem | meddicēs |
| ablative | meddice | meddicibus |
| vocative | meddix | meddicēs |
References
- “meddix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- meddix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.