Medea

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μήδεια (Mḗdeia).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɪˈdiːə/, /məˈdiːə/.
Rhymes: -iːə

Proper noun

Medea

(Greek mythology) An enchantress who helped Jason obtain the Golden Fleece.

Derived terms

Medea hypothesis
Medean

Translations

enchantress in Greek mythology

Arabic: مِيدِيَا f (mīdiyā)
Catalan: Medea (ca) f
Chinese:
Simplified: 美狄亞／美狄亚 (Měidíyà)

Traditional: 美狄亚 (Měidíyà)

Wu: 美狄亚
Czech: Médea f, Médeia f
Dutch: Medea f
Estonian: Medeia f
French: Médée (fr) f
Georgian: მედეა (medea)
German: Medea (de) f
Greek: Μήδεια (el) f (Mídeia)
Ancient: Μήδεια f (Mḗdeia)
Hebrew: מדיאה
Indonesian: Medeia
Irish: Méidé f
Italian: Medea (it) f
Japanese: メーデイア (Mēdeia)
Korean: 메데이아 (Medeia)
Latin: Mēdēa f
Latvian: Mēdeja
Lithuanian: Medėja
Malayalam: മീഡിയ (mīḍiya)
Occitan: Medèa f
Polish: Medea (pl) f
Portuguese: Medeia (pt) f
Romanian: Medeea f
Russian: Меде́я (ru) f (Medéja)
Serbo-Croatian: Medeja (sh) f
Sicilian: Midìa f
Spanish: Medea f
Turkish: Midia
Vietnamese: Medea

Anagrams

Meade, adeem, edema, meade

Latin

Alternative forms

Mēdīa

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μήδεια (Mḗdeia).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /meːˈdeː.a/, [meːˈd̪eːä]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /meˈde.a/, [meˈd̪ɛːä]

Proper noun

Mēdēa f sg (genitive Mēdēae); first declension

(Greek mythology) Medea

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Mēdēa
Genitive	Mēdēae
Dative	Mēdēae
Accusative	Mēdēam
Ablative	Mēdēā
Vocative	Mēdēa

Old Latin genitive: Medeai

Related terms

Mēdēis f (“Medean, magical”)

References

“Mēdēa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Mēdēa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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