Μέδουσα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • Μέδοισα (Médoisa) — Doric

Etymology

Feminine participle of μέδω (médō, “rule, protect”), i.e. "she who rules/protects".

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Μέδουσᾰ • (Médousă) f (genitive Μεδούσης); first declension

  1. (Greek mythology) Medusa
  2. (rare) a female given name

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Μέδουσᾰ; τῆς Μεδούσης (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Μέδουσᾰ
hē Médousă
Genitive τῆς Μεδούσης
tês Medoúsēs
Dative τῇ Μεδούσῃ
tēî Medoúsēi
Accusative τὴν Μέδουσᾰν
tḕn Médousăn
Vocative Μέδουσᾰ
Médousă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → Etruscan: 𐌌𐌄𐌕𐌖𐌔 (Metus)
  • → Japanese: メドゥーサ (Medūsa)
  • → Latin: Medūsa

References

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