mĕdĭcīnus, a, um, adj. [1. medicus], of or belonging to a physician or surgeon, medical (as adj. only ante- and post-class.; as subst. class.).
I Adj. : ars, the healing art, medicine , Varr. L. L. 5, § 93 Müll.; Hyg. Fab. 274; Aug. Conf. 4, 3.—
II Subst.: mĕdĭcīna , ae, f.
A (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.—
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. 584 (the taberna of the physician is mentioned in Plin. 29, 1, 6, § 12).—
C (Sc. res.) A remedy, medicine .
1 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.—
b Transf. *
α Like medicamentum, poison , Att. ap. Non. 20, 31 (Trag. Rel. v. 579 Rib.).—
β The pruning of vines, Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 191.—
2 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 plur.: his quatuor causis totidem medicinae opponuntur, Cic. de Or. 2, 83, 339.