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