melezina

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin medicīna, from medicus (physician).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /meleˈd͡zina/

Noun

melezina f (plural melezinas)

  1. medicine, remedy
    • c. 1250: Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 12r.
      Et los fiſicos meté deſta piedra una poca en las melezinas que fazé por eſtácar las grádes malazones.
      So physicians put some of this stone in the medicines they make to lighten grave illnesses.
    • Idem, f. 22r.
      Et eſta es melezina muy bona pora las llagas. ca las faz madurar ayna ¬ uenir a uenino ¬ come la carne mala que se faze en ellas.
      And this is a very good medicine for wounds, for it makes them heal soon and become benign, and it eats the dead flesh around them.

Descendants

  • Spanish: melecina (obsolete)

Spanish

Verb

melezina

  1. inflection of melezinar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
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