Μηδικός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Μῆδος (Mêdos) + -ικός (-ikós)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mɛː.di.kós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /me̝.diˈkos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /mi.ðiˈkos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /mi.ðiˈkos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /mi.ðiˈkos/
Adjective
Μηδῐκός • (Mēdĭkós) m (feminine Μηδῐκή, neuter Μηδῐκόν); first/second declension
- Median (from Media; pertaining to the Medes)
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | Μηδῐκός Mēdĭkós |
Μηδῐκή Mēdĭkḗ |
Μηδῐκόν Mēdĭkón |
Μηδῐκώ Mēdĭkṓ |
Μηδῐκᾱ́ Mēdĭkā́ |
Μηδῐκώ Mēdĭkṓ |
Μηδῐκοί Mēdĭkoí |
Μηδῐκαί Mēdĭkaí |
Μηδῐκᾰ́ Mēdĭkắ | |||||
| Genitive | Μηδῐκοῦ Mēdĭkoû |
Μηδῐκῆς Mēdĭkês |
Μηδῐκοῦ Mēdĭkoû |
Μηδῐκοῖν Mēdĭkoîn |
Μηδῐκαῖν Mēdĭkaîn |
Μηδῐκοῖν Mēdĭkoîn |
Μηδῐκῶν Mēdĭkôn |
Μηδῐκῶν Mēdĭkôn |
Μηδῐκῶν Mēdĭkôn | |||||
| Dative | Μηδῐκῷ Mēdĭkōî |
Μηδῐκῇ Mēdĭkēî |
Μηδῐκῷ Mēdĭkōî |
Μηδῐκοῖν Mēdĭkoîn |
Μηδῐκαῖν Mēdĭkaîn |
Μηδῐκοῖν Mēdĭkoîn |
Μηδῐκοῖς Mēdĭkoîs |
Μηδῐκαῖς Mēdĭkaîs |
Μηδῐκοῖς Mēdĭkoîs | |||||
| Accusative | Μηδῐκόν Mēdĭkón |
Μηδῐκήν Mēdĭkḗn |
Μηδῐκόν Mēdĭkón |
Μηδῐκώ Mēdĭkṓ |
Μηδῐκᾱ́ Mēdĭkā́ |
Μηδῐκώ Mēdĭkṓ |
Μηδῐκούς Mēdĭkoús |
Μηδῐκᾱ́ς Mēdĭkā́s |
Μηδῐκᾰ́ Mēdĭkắ | |||||
| Vocative | Μηδῐκέ Mēdĭké |
Μηδῐκή Mēdĭkḗ |
Μηδῐκόν Mēdĭkón |
Μηδῐκώ Mēdĭkṓ |
Μηδῐκᾱ́ Mēdĭkā́ |
Μηδῐκώ Mēdĭkṓ |
Μηδῐκοί Mēdĭkoí |
Μηδῐκαί Mēdĭkaí |
Μηδῐκᾰ́ Mēdĭkắ | |||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| Μηδῐκῶς Mēdĭkôs |
Μηδῐκώτερος Mēdĭkṓteros |
Μηδῐκώτᾰτος Mēdĭkṓtătos | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: mēdicus
Further reading
- Μηδικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Μηδικός in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- “Μηδικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,016