Meditrina

English

Etymology

From Latin medica (“health, longevity”).

Proper noun

Meditrina

1. (Roman mythology) The goddess/personification of health and longevity. She is a daughter of Aesculapius and Epione.

Coordinate terms

• (Parents): Asclepius, Epione
• (Sisters): Aceso, Aglaea, Hygieia, Iaso, Panacea
• (Brothers): Machaon, Podalirius, Telesphorus, Aratus

Translations

goddess of health

Anagrams

• ad interim, imandrite, martinied, nitramide

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *med-der.

Proto-Italic *medēōrder.

Latin medeor

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos

Proto-Italic *-īnos

Latin -īnusnom.

Latin -īna

Latin Meditrīna

From medeor (“to heal”) + -tor + -īna.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [mɛ.dɪˈtriː.na]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [me.diˈtriː.na]

Proper noun

Meditrīna f sg (genitive Meditrīnae); first declension

1. (Roman mythology) Meditrina

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Meditrīna
genitive	Meditrīnae
dative	Meditrīnae
accusative	Meditrīnam
ablative	Meditrīnā
vocative	Meditrīna

Derived terms

• Meditrīnālia

References

• “Meditrina”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• “Meditrina”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.