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Μῆδος

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: Μῆδος Μήδου

Structure: Μηδ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. an inhabitant of Media; a Mede or Median

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ Δαρεῖοσ ὁ Μῆδοσ παρέλαβε τὴν βασιλείαν, ὢν ἐτῶν ἑξήκοντα δύο. (Septuagint, Prophetia Danielis 5:31)
  • ἀλλ’ ὁ Ἄττησ γε, ὦ Ζεῦ, καὶ ὁ Κορύβασ καὶ ὁ Σαβάζιοσ, πόθεν ἡμῖν ἐπεισεκυκλήθησαν οὗτοι, ἢ ὁ Μίθρησ ἐκεῖνοσ, ὁ Μῆδοσ, ὁ τὸν κάνδυν καὶ τὴν τιάραν, οὐδὲ ἑλληνίζων τῇ φωνῇ, ὥστε οὐδ’ ἢν προπίῃ τισ ξυνίησι ; (Lucian, Deorum concilium, (no name) 9:2)
  • κατακύψασ γοῦν ἐσ τὴν γῆν ἑώρων σαφῶσ τὰσ πόλεισ, τοὺσ ἀνθρώπουσ, τὰ γιγνόμενα, καὶ οὐ τὰ ἐν ὑπαίθρῳ μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ ὁπόσα οἴκοι ἔπραττον οἰόμενοι λανθάνειν, Πτολεμαῖον μὲν συνόντα τῇ ἀδελφῇ, Λυσιμάχῳ δὲ τὸν υἱὸν ἐπιβουλεύοντα, τὸν Σελεύκου δὲ Ἀντίοχον Στρατονίκῃ διανεύοντα λάθρα τῇ μητρυιᾷ, τὸν δὲ Θετταλὸν Ἀλέξανδρον ὑπὸ τῆσ γυναικὸσ ἀναιρούμενον καὶ Ἀντίγονον μοιχεύοντα τοῦ υἱοῦ τὴν γυναῖκα καὶ Ἀττάλῳ τὸν υἱὸν ἐγχέοντα τὸ φάρμακον, ἑτέρωθι δ’ αὖ Ἀρσάκην φονεύοντα τὸ γύναιον καὶ τὸν εὐνοῦχον Ἀρβάκην ἕλκοντα τὸ ξίφοσ ἐπὶ τὸν Ἀρσάκην, Σπατῖνοσ δ’ ὁ Μῆδοσ ἐκ τοῦ συμποσίου πρὸσ τῶν δορυφορούντων εἵλκετο ἔξω τοῦ ποδὸσ σκύφῳ χρυσῷ τὴν ὀφρὺν κατηλοημένοσ. (Lucian, Icaromenippus, (no name) 15:2)
  • Μῆδοσ; (Aristophanes, Birds, Parodos, lyric18)
  • εἶτα πῶσ ἄνευ καμήλου Μῆδοσ ὤν εἰσέπτετο; (Aristophanes, Birds, Parodos, lyric20)
  • κἀμοὶ γὰρ ἀρτίωσ ἐπεστρατεύσατο Μῆδόσ τισ ἐπὶ τὰ βλέφαρα νυστακτὴσ ὕπνοσ· (Aristophanes, Wasps, Prologue 1:10)
  • ὄνομα τούτῳ Μῆδόσ ἐστο. (Aristophanes, Birds, Parodos, lyric17)

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