μέδων
See also: Μέδων
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
From μέδομαι (médomai, “I provide for; I contrive”) + -ων (-ōn).
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mé.dɔːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈme.don/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈme.ðon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈme.ðon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈme.ðon/
Noun edit
μέδων • (médōn) m (genitive μέδοντος); third declension
- ruler
- (in the plural) counsellors
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ μέδων ho médōn |
τὼ μέδοντε tṑ médonte |
οἱ μέδοντες hoi médontes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ μέδοντος toû médontos |
τοῖν μεδόντοιν toîn medóntoin |
τῶν μεδόντων tôn medóntōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ μέδοντῐ tôi médonti |
τοῖν μεδόντοιν toîn medóntoin |
τοῖς μέδουσῐ / μέδουσῐν toîs médousi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν μέδοντᾰ tòn médonta |
τὼ μέδοντε tṑ médonte |
τοὺς μέδοντᾰς toùs médontas | ||||||||||
Vocative | μέδον médon |
μέδοντε médonte |
μέδοντες médontes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms edit
- Αὐτομέδων (Automédōn)
- Δῐομέδων (Diomédōn)
- Μέδων (Médōn)
- μέδων ἁλός (médōn halós)
- Ὠρομέδων (Ōromédōn)
Related terms edit
- μεδέων (medéōn)
Further reading edit
- “μέδω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “μέδων”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers