Meditrina

English

Etymology

From Latin medica (“health, longevity”).

Proper noun

Meditrina

(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, Podaleirios, Telesphoros, Aratus

Translations

goddess of health

Anagrams

ad interim, imandrite, martinied, nitramide

Latin

Etymology

From medeor (“I heal”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /me.diˈtriː.na/, [mɛd̪ɪˈt̪riːnä]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /me.diˈtri.na/, [med̪iˈt̪riːnä]

Proper noun

Meditrīna f sg (genitive Meditrīnae); first declension

(Roman mythology) Meditrina

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	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.

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