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Μῆδος
Μῆδος
See also: μῆδος
Ancient Greek
Noun
Μῆδος • (Mêdos) m (genitive Μήδου); second declension
Inflection
Second declension of Μῆδος, Μήδου
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ Μῆδος | τὼ Μήδω | οἱ Μῆδοι |
| Genitive | τοῦ Μήδου | τοῖν Μήδοιν | τῶν Μήδων |
| Dative | τῷ Μήδῳ | τοῖν Μήδοιν | τοῖς Μήδοις |
| Accusative | τὸν Μῆδον | τὼ Μήδω | τοὺς Μήδους |
| Vocative | Μῆδε | Μήδω | Μῆδοι |
Derived terms
- Μηδῐ́ᾱ (Mēdíā)
- Μηδῐ́ζω (Mēdízō)
- Μηδικός (Mēdikós)
- Μηδῐ́ς (Mēdís)
- Μηδισμός (Mēdismós)
- Μηδιστί (Mēdistí)
Descendants
- English: Mede
- Greek: Μήδος (Mídos)
- Latin: Mēdus
References
- Μῆδος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Μῆδος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “G3370”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,016
μῆδος
μῆδος
See also: Μῆδος
Ancient Greek
Noun
μῆδος • (mêdos) n (genitive μήδεος); third declension
Inflection
Third declension of μῆδος, μήδεος (uncontracted)
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ μῆδος | τὼ μήδεε | τὰ μήδεᾰ |
| Genitive | τοῦ μήδεος | τοῖν μηδέοιν | τῶν μηδέων |
| Dative | τῷ μήδεϊ | τοῖν μηδέοιν | τοῖς μήδεσσῐ(ν) |
| Accusative | τὸ μῆδος | τὼ μήδεε | τὰ μήδεᾰ |
| Vocative | μῆδος | μήδεε | μήδεᾰ |
| Notes: | This inflection pattern originally had a sigma (i.e. *μήδεσος), which was dropped early in the history of Ancient Greek. |
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Third declension of μῆδος, μήδους (contracted)
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ μῆδος | τὼ μήδει | τὰ μήδη |
| Genitive | τοῦ μήδους | τοῖν μηδοῖν | τῶν μηδῶν |
| Dative | τῷ μήδει | τοῖν μηδοῖν | τοῖς μήδεσῐ(ν) |
| Accusative | τὸ μῆδος | τὼ μήδει | τὰ μήδη |
| Vocative | μῆδος | μήδει | μήδη |
| Notes: | The irregular accentuation of this paradigm is explained by the fact that it is the contracted version of the above paradigm. |
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Derived terms
- -μήδης (-mḗdēs)
- μήδομαι (mḗdomai)
Etymology 2
Uncertain. Has been connected with etymology 1 (compare Old High German gimaht for a similar double meaning), Latin mentula, and with μαδάω (madáō) and Middle Irish mess. Could also be Pre-Greek.
Noun
μῆδος • (mêdos) n (genitive μήδεος); third declension
- (only in plural) testicle
Alternative forms
- μέζος (mézos)
Inflection
Third declension of μῆδος, μήδεος (uncontracted)
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ μῆδος | τὼ μήδεε | τὰ μήδεᾰ |
| Genitive | τοῦ μήδεος | τοῖν μηδέοιν | τῶν μηδέων |
| Dative | τῷ μήδεϊ | τοῖν μηδέοιν | τοῖς μήδεσσῐ(ν) |
| Accusative | τὸ μῆδος | τὼ μήδεε | τὰ μήδεᾰ |
| Vocative | μῆδος | μήδεε | μήδεᾰ |
| Notes: | This inflection pattern originally had a sigma (i.e. *μήδεσος), which was dropped early in the history of Ancient Greek. |
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Third declension of μῆδος, μήδους (contracted)
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ μῆδος | τὼ μήδει | τὰ μήδη |
| Genitive | τοῦ μήδους | τοῖν μηδοῖν | τῶν μηδῶν |
| Dative | τῷ μήδει | τοῖν μηδοῖν | τοῖς μήδεσῐ(ν) |
| Accusative | τὸ μῆδος | τὼ μήδει | τὰ μήδη |
| Vocative | μῆδος | μήδει | μήδη |
| Notes: | The irregular accentuation of this paradigm is explained by the fact that it is the contracted version of the above paradigm. |
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References
- μῆδος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- μῆδος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- μῆδος in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- «μῆδος» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- μῆδος in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill