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, Podaleirios, Telesphoros, Aratus

Translations

goddess of health

Anagrams

• ad interim, imandrite, martinied, nitramide

Latin

Etymology

From medeor (“I heal”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /me.diˈtriː.na/, [mɛd̪ɪˈt̪riːnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /me.diˈtri.na/, [med̪iˈt̪riːnä]

Proper noun

Meditrīna f sg (genitive Meditrīnae); first declension

1. (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.