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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 οὐ περὶ τῆσ ἐλευθερίασ ἄρα οὔτε οἵδε τῶν Ἑλλήνων οὔτε οἱ Ἕλληνεσ τῆσ ἑαυτῶν τῷ Μήδῳ ἀντέστησαν, περὶ δὲ τοῦ, οἳ μὲν σφίσιν ἀλλὰ μὴ ἐκείνῳ καταδουλώσεωσ, οἳ δ’ ἐπὶ δεσπότου μεταβολῇ οὐκ ἀξυνετωτέρου, κακοξυνετωτέρου δέ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, , chapter 48 3:7)
  • μυχῷ, μιᾶσ δ’ ἡμέρασ ὁδὸν καὶ ἡμισείασ ἀπέχοντι τῷ Μήδῳ συστάντεσ ἐπὶ τῶν στενῶν καὶ διαγωνισάμενοι μετὰ μόνων Σπαρτιατῶν καὶ Θεσπιέων ἠτύχησαν. (Plutarch, De Herodoti malignitate, section 31 8:1)
  • Νίκανδροσ δ’ ὁ Θυατειρηνὸσ τὸ χωρὶσ ὠτίων ποτήριον ὠνομακέναι Θεόπομπον ἐν Μήδῳ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 635)
  • καὶ ἐν Μήδῳ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 70 3:2)
  • τῷ δὲ βασιλεῖ τῶν Μήδων γίνεται διαφορὰ πρὸσ Φραόρτην τὸν Πάρθον, ἀρξαμένη μέν, ὥσ φασιν, ὑπὲρ τῶν Ῥωμαϊκῶν λαφύρων, ὑπόνοιαν δὲ τῷ Μήδῳ καὶ φόβον ἀφαιρέσεωσ τῆσ ἀρχῆσ παρασχοῦσα. (Plutarch, Antony, chapter 52 1:1)

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