μεδέων: Difference between revisions

|Definition=οντος, ὁ, (μέδω) participial Subst., <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[guardian]], [[ruler]], Hom. (only in Il.), always of Zeus, as connected with special places, <b class="b3">Ἴδηθεν μεδέων</b> [[ruling]] from Ida, <span class="bibl">Il.3.276</span>, etc.; Δωδώνης μ. <span class="bibl">16.234</span>; also <b class="b3">Κυλλήνης μ</b>., of Hermes, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Merc.</span>2</span>; Πάν, Ἀρκαδίας μ. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">Fr.</span>95</span>; Ἀπόλλων Τελμεσσοῦ μ. <span class="title">SIG</span>1044.8 (Halic., iv/iii B. C.); <b class="b3">τῷ μεδεῦντι Νείλεω δήμου</b> (i. e. Apollo) <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Fr.</span>95</span>; <b class="b3">δελφίνων μ</b>., of Poseidon, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>560</span> (lyr.); σοὶ τῷ πάντων μ. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>912.1</span> (anap.): c. dat. loci, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>7.88</span>; μ. καὶ χθονὶ καὶ πελάγει <span class="title">AP</span>6.30 (Maced.): generally, [[ruler]], ἡμετέρῳ μεδέοντι <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Jov.</span>86</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> fem. [[μεδέουσα]], [[guardian goddess]], of Aphrodite, Σαλαμῖνος μεδέουσα <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Hom.</span>10.4</span>; of Mnemosyne, Ἐλευθῆρος μεδέουσα <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>54</span>; of Pallas, <b class="b3">τῆς ἱερωτάτης μεδέουσα χώρας</b> (Attica) <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>585</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl">763</span>; <b class="b3">νεὼς Ἀθηναίας τῆς Ἀθηνῶν μεδεούσης</b> prob. in <span class="title">IG</span>12(1).977.10 (Carpathos, iv B. C.), cf. <span class="title">Supp.Epigr.</span>1.375,376 (Samos), 3.3.5 (Athens), <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Them.</span>10</span>: generally, [Ἑλένη] μ. θαλάσσης <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>1690</span> (anap.); τόξων μ. Ἄρτεμιν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>167</span> (lyr.). —Aeol. participial form [[μέδεις]] (as if from [[μέδημι]]), <span class="bibl">Alc.5</span> (wrongly expld. as 2sg. ind. by Apion ap.<span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Synt.</span>92.7</span>); other forms in late poets, μεδέουσι <span class="bibl">Q.S.5.525</span>; μεδέεις <span class="title">Epigr.Gr.</span>975; μεδέοιεν <span class="title">IG</span>14.1363.10.</span>