Μηδικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Μῆδος (Mêdos) +‎ -ικός (-ikós)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mɛː.di.kós/ → /mi.ðiˈkos/ → /mi.ðiˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mɛː.di.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /me̝.diˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /mi.ðiˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /mi.ðiˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /mi.ðiˈkos/

Adjective

Μηδῐκός • (Mēdikós) m (feminine Μηδῐκή, neuter Μηδῐκόν); first/second declension

1. Median (from Media; pertaining to the Medes)

Declension

First and second declension of Μηδῐκός; Μηδῐκή; Μηδῐκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		Μηδῐκός Mēdikós	Μηδῐκή Mēdikḗ	Μηδῐκόν Mēdikón		Μηδῐκώ Mēdikṓ	Μηδῐκᾱ́ Mēdikā́	Μηδῐκώ Mēdikṓ		Μηδῐκοί Mēdikoí	Μηδῐκαί Mēdikaí	Μηδῐκᾰ́ Mēdiká
Genitive		Μηδῐκοῦ Mēdikoû	Μηδῐκῆς Mēdikês	Μηδῐκοῦ Mēdikoû		Μηδῐκοῖν Mēdikoîn	Μηδῐκαῖν Mēdikaîn	Μηδῐκοῖν Mēdikoîn		Μηδῐκῶν Mēdikôn	Μηδῐκῶν Mēdikôn	Μηδῐκῶν Mēdikôn
Dative		Μηδῐκῷ Mēdikôi	Μηδῐκῇ Mēdikêi	Μηδῐκῷ Mēdikôi		Μηδῐκοῖν Mēdikoîn	Μηδῐκαῖν Mēdikaîn	Μηδῐκοῖν Mēdikoîn		Μηδῐκοῖς Mēdikoîs	Μηδῐκαῖς Mēdikaîs	Μηδῐκοῖς Mēdikoîs
Accusative		Μηδῐκόν Mēdikón	Μηδῐκήν Mēdikḗn	Μηδῐκόν Mēdikón		Μηδῐκώ Mēdikṓ	Μηδῐκᾱ́ Mēdikā́	Μηδῐκώ Mēdikṓ		Μηδῐκούς Mēdikoús	Μηδῐκᾱ́ς Mēdikā́s	Μηδῐκᾰ́ Mēdiká
Vocative		Μηδῐκέ Mēdiké	Μηδῐκή Mēdikḗ	Μηδῐκόν Mēdikón		Μηδῐκώ Mēdikṓ	Μηδῐκᾱ́ Mēdikā́	Μηδῐκώ Mēdikṓ		Μηδῐκοί Mēdikoí	Μηδῐκαί Mēdikaí	Μηδῐκᾰ́ Mēdiká
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		Μηδῐκῶς Mēdikôs				Μηδῐκώτερος Mēdikṓteros				Μηδῐκώτᾰτος Mēdikṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: mēdicus

Further reading

• Μηδικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Μηδικός in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• “Μηδικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,016