mĕdĭco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [1. medicus], to heal, cure (poet. and in post-Aug. prose for the class. medeor).
I Lit.
α With acc.: ego istum lepide medicabo metum, Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 40: (apes) odore galbani, Col. 9, 13, 7: vulneris aestus, Sil. 6, 98: furores, Nemes. Ecl. 2, 28.—
β With dat.: tremulis membris, Ser. Samm. 48, 902.—
II Transf.
A To impart the virtue of a remedy, give healing power to : hoc fusum labris splendentibus amnem Inficit, occulte medicans, Verg. A. 12, 418.—
B To besprinkle with the juice of herbs, to medicate : semina, to steep , Verg. G. 1, 193: semina omnia suco herbae quae sedum appellatur, medicare, Col. 11, 30, 40: exigua portione medicatur aqua, id. 6, 4, 4; 9, 13, 3: vinum medicatum, i. e. spurious, adulterated , id. 1, 6, 20: merum, Front. 2, 5, 12: ficus, Plin. 16, 27, 51, § 118.
C To color, dye , with tingere: capillos, Ov. Am. 1, 14, 6.
VIII —Hence, mĕdĭcātus , a, um, P. a.
1 Besprinkled with juices, sprinkled, medicated (poet. and post-Aug.): semina suco herbae sedi, Col. 1, 3: sedes, places sprinkled with the juice of herbs , Verg. G. 4, 65: somnus, produced by a juice or a charm , Ov. H. 12, 107: fruges, Verg. A. 6, 420: lana medicata fuco, stained, dyed , Hor. C. 3, 5, 28: Amyclaeis medicatum vellus ahenis, Ov. R. Am. 707.— To poison : boletum medicatum, i. e. poisoned , Suet. Claud. 44: herbae, Col. 11, 3, 64; cf.: medicata veneno tela, Sil. 7, 453: medicatae cuspidis ictus, id. 13, 197: mortui, embalmed , Mel. 1, 57.—
2 Useful or good for healing, medicinal : aquae medicatae, Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 9: sapor aquae, Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 4: fontes, Cels. 4, 5; Sen. Prov. 2, 1; Plin. 2, 93, 95, § 207: potio, Curt. 3, 6, 2: inguen, Juv. 12, 36.— Comp. : lac bubulum medicatius, Plin. 28, 9, 33, § 124.— Sup. : res medicatissimae, Plin. 28, 7, 23, § 78.