Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

Μηδίς

Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: Μηδίς

Sense

  1. a Median woman

Examples

  • ἣ μὲν γὰρ ἦν Μηδὶσ καὶ Ἀστυάγεοσ θυγάτηρ τοῦ Μήδων βασιλέοσ, ὁ δὲ Πέρσησ τε ἦν καὶ ἀρχόμενοσ ὑπ’ ἐκείνοισι καὶ ἔνερθε ἐὼν τοῖσι ἅπασι δεσποίνῃ τῇ ἑωυτοῦ συνοίκεε. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 1, chapter 91 7:1)

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

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