μέδων

See also: Μέδων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μέδομαι (médomai, “I provide for; I contrive”) +‎ -ων (-ōn).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

μέδων • (médōn) m (genitive μέδοντος); third declension

  1. ruler
  2. (in the plural) counsellors

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ μέδων; τοῦ μέδοντος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ μέδων
ho médōn 		τὼ μέδοντε
tṑ médonte 		οἱ μέδοντες
hoi médontes
Genitive τοῦ μέδοντος
toû médontos 		τοῖν μεδόντοιν
toîn medóntoin 		τῶν μεδόντων
tôn medóntōn
Dative τῷ μέδοντῐ
tōî médontĭ 		τοῖν μεδόντοιν
toîn medóntoin 		τοῖς μέδουσῐ / μέδουσῐν
toîs médousĭ(n)
Accusative τὸν μέδοντᾰ
tòn médontă 		τὼ μέδοντε
tṑ médonte 		τοὺς μέδοντᾰς
toùs médontăs
Vocative μέδον
médon 		μέδοντε
médonte 		μέδοντες
médontes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “μέδω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “μέδων”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
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