Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

Μηδικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: Μηδικός Μηδική Μηδικόν

Structure: Μηδικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: Mh=dos

Sense

  1. the war with the Medes
  2. medick

Examples

  • καὶ ἢ τὰ πρὸ τῶν Μηδικῶν Ἑλληνικὰ ξυνετίθεσαν, ἢ αὐτὰ τὰ Μηδικά. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, , chapter 116)
  • "μὴ γενομένου περὶ τὰ Μηδικά, τίσ ἂν ὑμῶν ἦν νῦν ὄνησισ; (Plutarch, De fortuna Romanorum, section 8 5:3)
  • "μὴ γενομένου περὶ τὰ Μηδικά, τίσ ἂν ὑμῶν ἦν νῦν ὄνησισ; (Plutarch, De fortuna Romanorum, section 8 15:3)
  • Ἀθηναῖοι δὲ ὕστερον μετὰ τὰ Μηδικὰ μετεκόμισαν αὐτοῦ τὰ ὀστᾶ. (Aristotle, Athenian Constitution, work Ath. Pol., 14)
  • > <Αθηναῖοι μετὰ τὰ Μηδικὰ κατὰ μαντείαν ἀνελόντεσ αὐτοῦ τὰ ὀστᾶ ἔθαψαν. (Aristotle, Athenian Constitution, work Ath. Pol., 18)

Synonyms

  1. the war with the Medes

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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