μεδέων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μέδω (médō, “to protect, rule over”) +‎ -ων (-ōn).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /me.dé.ɔːn/ → /meˈðe.on/ → /meˈðe.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /me.dé.ɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /meˈde.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /meˈðe.on/
• (10^th CE Medieval) IPA^(key): /meˈðe.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /meˈðe.on/

Noun

μεδέων • (medéōn) m (genitive μεδέοντος); third declension

1. guardian

Declension

Third declension of ὁ μεδέων; τοῦ μεδέοντος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ μεδέων ho medéōn	τὼ μεδέοντε tṑ medéonte	οἱ μεδέοντες hoi medéontes
Genitive	τοῦ μεδέοντος toû medéontos	τοῖν μεδεόντοιν toîn medeóntoin	τῶν μεδεόντων tôn medeóntōn
Dative	τῷ μεδέοντῐ tōî medéontĭ	τοῖν μεδεόντοιν toîn medeóntoin	τοῖς μεδέουσῐ / μεδέουσῐν toîs medéousĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν μεδέοντᾰ tòn medéontă	τὼ μεδέοντε tṑ medéonte	τοὺς μεδέοντᾰς toùs medéontăs
Vocative	μεδέον medéon	μεδέοντε medéonte	μεδέοντες medéontes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Coordinate terms

• μεδέουσα f (medéousa)

Related terms

• μέδων (médōn)

Further reading

• “μεδέων”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• “μεδέων” in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• μεδέων in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “μεδέων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “μεδέων”, in Slater, William J. (1969), Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter