Μῆδος

See also: μῆδος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Old Iranian name, from Old Persian 𐎶𐎠𐎭 (m-a-d /⁠Māda-⁠/), but of uncertain meaning; possibly from Proto-Iranian *mádyah (“in the middle”). Folk etymology connected it to Μήδεια (Mḗdeia), granddaughter of Helios.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

Μῆδος • (Mêdos) m (genitive Μήδου); second declension

  1. an inhabitant of Media; a Mede or Median

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ Μῆδος; τοῦ Μήδου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ Μῆδος
ho Mêdos		 τὼ Μήδω
tṑ Mḗdō		 οἱ Μῆδοι
hoi Mêdoi
Genitive τοῦ Μήδου
toû Mḗdou		 τοῖν Μήδοιν
toîn Mḗdoin		 τῶν Μήδων
tôn Mḗdōn
Dative τῷ Μήδῳ
tôi Mḗdōi		 τοῖν Μήδοιν
toîn Mḗdoin		 τοῖς Μήδοις
toîs Mḗdois
Accusative τὸν Μῆδον
tòn Mêdon		 τὼ Μήδω
tṑ Mḗdō		 τοὺς Μήδους
toùs Mḗdous
Vocative Μῆδε
Mêde		 Μήδω
Mḗdō		 Μῆδοι
Mêdoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • Μηδῐ́ᾱ (Mēdíā)
  • Μηδῐ́ζω (Mēdízō)
  • Μηδικός (Mēdikós)
  • Μηδῐ́ς (Mēdís)
  • Μηδισμός (Mēdismós)
  • Μηδιστί (Mēdistí)

Descendants
  • Greek: Μήδος (Mídos)
  • Latin: Mēdus

References
  • “Μῆδος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Μῆδος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • G3370 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,016
  • Tavernier, Jan (2007), Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550-330 B.C.): Linguistic Study of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers
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