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|Text=[[Μήδεια]], ἡ, or say, [[daughter of Aeetes]].
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>Mēdēa</b>: ae ([[arch]].<br /><b>I</b> gen. Medeaï, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63; v. Enn. p. 127, v. 292 Vahl.; nom. Mēdē, acc. to id. p. 130, v. 311 Vahl.), and Mēdīa, f., = Μήδεια, a [[celebrated]] [[sorceress]], [[daughter]] of Æetes, [[king]] of [[Colchis]]. She assisted her [[lover]], [[Jason]] the Argonaut, in [[obtaining]] the [[golden]] [[fleece]], accompanied him to [[Greece]], and prevented her [[father]], [[who]] [[was]] in [[pursuit]], from overtaking [[them]], by strewing the [[sea]] [[with]] her [[brother]]'s limbs. When [[Jason]] [[afterwards]] repudiated her, in [[order]] to [[marry]] [[Creusa]], she killed the children she had had by him, and burned the [[bride]] to [[death]] in her [[palace]]: [[item]] ut [[Medea]] Peliam concoxit senem, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 52; Ov. M. 7, 9 sqq.; Hyg. Fab. 21, 22, 25: ne pueros [[coram]] [[populo]] [[Medea]] trucidet, Hor. A. P. 185.—The [[subject]] of tragedies by [[several]] authors, v. Quint. 10, 1, 98.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [[Medea]] Palatina, i. e. [[Clodia]], Cic. Cael. 8, 18.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [[Medea]] nigra, a [[precious]] [[stone]], so named [[after]] [[Medea]], Plin. 37, 10, 63, § 173.—Hence,<br /><b>II</b> Mēdēis, ĭdis, f. adj., Medean, magical ([[poet]].): Medeides herbae, Ov. A. A. 2, 101.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>Mēdēa</b>,¹¹ æ, f. (Μήδεια),<br /><b>1</b> Médée [fille d’Éétés, fameuse magicienne] : Cic. Cæl. 18 ; Hor. P. 185 ; Ov. M. 7, 9 &#124;&#124; [titre de tragédie] Quint. 10, 1, 98<br /><b>2</b> sorte de pierre précieuse : Plin. 37, 173. [[Media]] Plin. 37, 173.||[titre de tragédie] Quint. 10, 1, 98<br /><b>2</b> sorte de pierre précieuse : Plin. 37, 173. [[Media]] Plin. 37, 173.
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{{Georges
|georg=Mēdēa, ae, f. ([[Μήδεια]]), I) [[Tochter]] [[des]] Königs Äetes in Kolchis, eine [[Zauberin]], die dem Argonauten [[Jason]], ihrem Geliebten, zum goldenen [[Vlies]] verhalf und [[mit]] ihm entfloh, [[wobei]] [[sie]] ihren [[Bruder]] [[Absyrtus]] mitnahm, den [[sie]] [[aber]] [[unterwegs]], [[als]] [[sie]] [[ihr]] [[Vater]] verfolgte, tötete u. in Stücke zerschnitten ins [[Meer]] warf. Während Äetes diese Stücke sammelte, entkamen [[Medea]] u. [[Jason]] [[nach]] Jolkos, wo [[sie]] [[sich]] heirateten. Später verstieß [[Jason]] [[Medea]], um Krëusa od. Glauke, die [[Tochter]] Kreons, [[des]] Königs [[von]] Korinth, zu [[heiraten]], Cic. de imp. [[Pomp]]. 22. Ov. [[met]]. 7, 9 sqq.: Nbf. Medīa fabulosa, Plin. 37, 173. – übtr., [[Medea]] [[Palatina]], d.i. Klodia, Cic. Cael. 18. – Häufig [[als]] [[Stoff]] zu Tragödien benutzt, [[bei]] den Griechen [[von]] [[Euripides]], [[bei]] den Römern [[von]] [[Ennius]] u. Seneka, [[auch]] [[von]] Ovid, Quint. 10, 1, 98. – II) (Nbf. Medīa) [[ein]] schwarzer, [[uns]] unbekannter [[Edelstein]], Plin. 37, 173.
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