Orberg Cap XXVIII

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Orberg Cap XXVIII

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In hoc capitulo Orberg scibit Medum dicere de Iesu Christo, qui multitudonem hominum sanavit, a Lydiae: "Omnis Medicus id facit".

? He becomes the doctor of all?

Cui verbo 'id' derigit?

Si 'id' Christum signifat, num 'is' (masculinum) rectius est?

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Re: Orberg Cap XXVIII

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Iesus homines aegros sanavit, sed medici quoque aegros sanant. Medici mortales sunt, itaque Iesus non demonstravit se esse filium Dei.

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Thanks...but my question is what, literally, does: 'Omnis Medicus id facit' mean?

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Every doctor does that.

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Gratias tibi ago.

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Re: Orberg Cap XXVIII

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In case this is helpful for your future reference, the meaning you originally guessed at would be:

Omnium medicus is fit.
'He becomes the doctor of all.'

Note the case usage, the gender of is (which you rightly suspected), and the use of fio vs. facio.
Dic mihi, Damoeta, 'cuium pecus' anne Latinum?

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