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|lshtext=<b>mĕdĭcīnus</b>: a, um, adj. 1. [[medicus]],<br /><b>I</b> of or belonging to a [[physician]] or [[surgeon]], [[medical]] (as adj. [[only]] [[ante]]- and [[post]]-[[class]].; as subst. [[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> Adj.: ars, the [[healing]] [[art]], [[medicine]], Varr. L. L. 5, § 93 Müll.; Hyg. Fab. 274; Aug. Conf. 4, 3.—<br /><b>II</b> Subst.: mĕdĭcīna, ae, f.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> (Sc. ars.) The [[healing]] or [[medical]] [[art]], [[medicine]], [[surgery]]: ut [[medicina]] (ars est) valetudinis, Cic. Fin. 5, 6, 16; id. Off. 1, 42, 151: [[medicina]], quae ex observatione salubrium [[atque]] his contrariorum reperta est, Quint. 2, 17, 9: tertiam esse partem medicinae, quae manu curet, i. e. [[surgery]], Cels. prooem. 7: medicinam excolere, id. ib.: exercere, Cic. Clu. 63, 178: facere, Phaedr. 1, 14, 2: factitare, to [[practise]], Quint. 7, 2, 26: [[clarus]] medicinā, Plin. 25, 2, 5, § 15.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> (Sc. [[officina]].) The [[shop]] of a [[physician]] or [[surgeon]]; the [[booth]] in [[which]] a [[physician]] waited on his patients and vended his medicines ([[rare]]; not in Cic.): in medicinis, in tonstrinis, Plaut. Am. 4, 1, 6; cf.: veteres [[absolute]] dicebant pistrinam et sutrinam et medicinam, [[Don]]. Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 45 (the [[taberna]] of the [[physician]] is mentioned in Plin. 29, 1, 6, § 12).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> (Sc. res.) A [[remedy]], [[medicine]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Lit.: si [[medicus]] veniat, qui huic morbo facere medicinam potest, i. e. [[heal]], [[cure]], Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 76: accipere medicinam, Cic. Att. 12, 21, 5.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Transf. *<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Like [[medicamentum]], [[poison]], Att. ap. Non. 20, 31 (Trag. Rel. v. 579 Rib.).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The [[pruning]] of vines, Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 191.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Trop., a [[remedy]], [[relief]], [[antidote]] (a favorite [[word]] of Cic.): singulis medicinam consilii [[atque]] orationis meae afferam, Cic. Cat. 2, 8, 17: sed non [[egeo]] medicinā: me [[ipse]] [[consolor]], id. Lael. 3, 10: [[sublevatio]] et [[medicina]], id. Rep. 2, 34, 59: temporis, id. Fam. 5, 16, 6: doloris, id. Ac. 1, 3: laboris, id. Fin. 5, 19, 54: calamitatis, id. Tusc. 3, 22, 54: quae sanaret vitiosas partes rei publicae, id. Att. 2, 1, 7: crede mihi, non ulla tua'st [[medicina]] figurae, i. e. no [[means]] of [[rendering]] [[beautiful]], Prop. 1, 2, 7: periculorum, Cic. Sest. 23, 51: malorum, Ov. Tr. 5, 1, 33: curae, id. P. 1, 2, 43.—In <[[number]] opt="n">plur.</[[number]]>: his quatuor causis [[totidem]] medicinae opponuntur, Cic. de Or. 2, 83, 339.