meddix

Latin

Alternative forms

• medix

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): /ˈmed.diks/, [ˈmɛd̪ːɪks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmed.diks/, [ˈmɛd̪ːiks]

Noun

meddix m (genitive meddicis); third declension

1. the title of a magistrate among the Oscans

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	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.