μέδομαι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure, give advice, heal”). Compare Avestan 𐬬𐬍-𐬨𐬀𐬛 (vī-mad), Old Persian [script needed] (azdā), Old Armenian միտ (mit), Old Irish midiur, Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌸𐍃 (mitaþs), Latin meditor, Modern German Maut.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mé.do.mai̯/ → /ˈme.ðo.mɛ/ → /ˈme.ðo.me/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mé.do.mai̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈme.do.mɛ/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈme.ðo.mɛ/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈme.ðo.me/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈme.ðo.me/

Verb

μέδομαι • (médomai)

1. to provide for, think on, be mindful of, bethink one of

Conjugation

   Present: μέδομαι (Epic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle/ passive	indicative	μέδομαι	μέδεαι	μέδεται	μέδεσθον	μέδεσθον	μεδόμε(σ)θᾰ	μέδεσθε	μέδονται
	subjunctive	μέδωμαι	μέδηαι	μέδηται	μέδησθον	μέδησθον	μεδώμεθᾰ	μέδησθε	μέδωνται
	optative	μεδοίμην	μέδοιο	μέδοιτο	μέδοισθον	μεδοίσθην	μεδοίμε(σ)θᾰ	μέδοισθε	μεδοίᾰτο
	imperative		μέδεο	μεδέσθω	μέδεσθον	μεδέσθων		μέδεσθε	μεδέσθων
						middle/passive
infinitive						μέδεσθαι
participle	m					μεδόμενος
	f					μεδομένη
	n					μεδόμενον
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: μεδόμην (Epic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle/ passive	indicative	μεδόμην	μέδου	μέδετο	μέδεσθον	μεδέσθην	μεδόμε(σ)θᾰ	μέδεσθε	μέδοντο
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Future: μεδήσομαι (Epic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
passive	indicative	μεδήσομαι	μεδήσῃ	μεδήσεται	μεδήσεσθον	μεδήσεσθον	μεδησόμε(σ)θᾰ	μεδήσεσθε	μεδήσονται
	optative	μεδησοίμην	μεδήσοιο	μεδήσοιτο	μεδήσοισθον	μεδησοίσθην	μεδησοίμε(σ)θᾰ	μεδήσοισθε	μεδησοίᾰτο
							passive
infinitive							μεδήσεσθαι
participle	m						μεδησόμενος
	f						μεδησομένη
	n						μεδησόμενον
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Further reading

• “μέδομαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “μέδομαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “μέδομαι”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• μέδομαι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• μέδομαι in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963