Μηδικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Μῆδος (Mêdos) +‎ -ικός (-ikós)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mɛː.di.kós/ → /mi.ðiˈkos/ → /mi.ðiˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mɛː.di.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /me̝.diˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /mi.ðiˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /mi.ðiˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /mi.ðiˈkos/

Adjective

Μηδῐκός • (Mēdĭkós) m (feminine Μηδῐκή, neuter Μηδῐκόν); first/second declension

1. Median (from Media; pertaining to the Medes)

Declension

First and second declension of Μηδῐκός; Μηδῐκή; Μηδῐκόν (Attic)

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 Mēdĭkôi	Μηδῐκῇ Mēdĭkêi	Μηδῐκῷ Mēdĭkôi		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
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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