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

  • τιάρα γάρ τισ καὶ κίταρισ καὶ πῖλοσ καὶ χειριδωτοὶ χιτῶνεσ καὶ ἀναξυρίδεσ ἐν μὲν τοῖσ ψυχροῖσ τόποισ καὶ προσβόρροισ ἐπιτήδειά ἐστι φορήματα, οἱοῖ́ εἰσιν οἱ Μηδικοί, ἐν δὲ τοῖσ νοτίοισ ἥκιστα· (Strabo, Geography, Book 11, chapter 13 12:5)

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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