Μέδουσα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Μέδοισα (Médoisa) — Doric

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mé.duː.sa/ → /ˈme.ðu.sa/ → /ˈme.ðu.sa/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mé.duː.sa/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈme.du.sa/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈme.ðu.sa/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈme.ðu.sa/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈme.ðu.sa/

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 têi 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

• “Μέδουσα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Μέδουσα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Μέδουσα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Μέδουσα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• “Μέδουσα”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,011