medela
From LSJ
μηδέ μοι ἄκλαυστος θάνατος μόλοι, ἀλλὰ φίλοισι καλλείποιμι θανὼν ἄλγεα καὶ στοναχάς → may death not come to me without tears, but when I die may I leave my friends with sorrow and lamentation
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
mĕdēla: (mĕdella, Lachm. ad Lucr. p. 204; Schol. Bob. ad Cic. Red. ad Quir. p. 251, 8 Bait.), ae, f. medeor,
I a healing, cure, a remedy (post-class.).
I Lit.: facere medelam, Gell. 12, 5, 3: facere medelarum miracula, id. 16, 11, 2: vulneribus medelas adhibere, App. M. 8, p. 210, 4.—
II Trop., a remedy, means of redress: legum, Gell. 20, 1, 22; Aus. Prof. 15: quibus rebus veluti medela adventus Alexandri fuit, Just. 11, 1, 7.
