Μῆδος

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Ancient Greek[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Old Iranian name, from Old Persian 𐎶𐎠𐎭 (m-a-d /⁠Māda-⁠/), but of uncertain meaning; possibly from Proto-Iranian *mádyah (in the middle). Folk etymology connected it to Μήδεια (Mḗdeia), granddaughter of Helios.

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Noun[edit]

Μῆδος (Mêdosm (genitive Μήδου); second declension

  1. an inhabitant of Media; a Mede or Median

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Descendants[edit]

  • Greek: Μήδος (Mídos)
  • Latin: Mēdus

References[edit]

  • 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
  • G3370 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,016
  • Tavernier, Jan (2007), Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550-330 B.C.): Linguistic Study of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers