μέδων

See also: Μέδων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μέδομαι (médomai, “I provide for; I contrive”) +‎ -ων (-ōn).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

μέδων • (médōn) m (genitive μέδοντος); third declension

  1. ruler
  2. (in the plural) counsellors

Inflection
Third declension of ὁ μέδων; τοῦ μέδοντος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
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
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Further reading
  • “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
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