μήδεα

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation
 

Etymology 1

From Proto-Hellenic *mḗdeha, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₁desh₂, from *med- (“to measure, give advice”), whence also μέδω (médō), μέδομαι (médomai). Cognates include Armenian միտ (mit).

Noun

μήδεᾰ • (mḗdea) n pl (genitive μηδέων); third declension

  1. (poetic, plural only) counsel, plan, art, prudence, cunning
Inflection
Third declension of μήδεᾰ; μηδέων (Epic)
Case / # Plural
Nominative μήδεᾰ
mḗdea
Genitive μηδέων
mēdéōn
Dative μήδεσῐ / μήδεσῐν
mḗdesi(n)
Accusative μήδεᾰ
mḗdea
Vocative μήδεᾰ
mḗdea
Notes:
  • Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Uncertain. Has been connected with etymology 1 (compare Old High German gimaht for a similar double meaning), Latin mentula, and with μαδάω (madáō) and Middle Irish mess. Could also be Pre-Greek.

Alternative forms
  • μέζεᾰ (mézea)

Noun

μήδεᾰ • (mḗdea) n pl (genitive μηδέων); third declension

  1. (Epic, plural only) male genitals
Inflection
Third declension of μήδεᾰ; μηδέων (Epic)
Case / # Plural
Nominative μήδεᾰ
mḗdea
Genitive μηδέων
mēdéōn
Dative μήδεσῐ / μήδεσῐν
mḗdesi(n)
Accusative μήδεᾰ
mḗdea
Vocative μήδεᾰ
mḗdea
Notes:
  • Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading
  • “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
  • “μῆδος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • μήδεα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • “μῆδος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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