μέδω: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: [[rule]], [[govern]] (Emp., trag.),<br />Other forms: only pres., ptc. [[μέδων]] [[ruler]] (Hom.; like [[ἄρχων]]), f. <b class="b3">-ουσα</b> "the governing", name of one of the Gorgons (Hes.), also [[μεδέων]], <b class="b3">-έοντος</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (Il., h. Merc.), f. <b class="b3">-έουσα</b> (h. Hom., Hes.); PN [[Μέδων]], <b class="b3">Λαο-μέδων</b> etc., name of a town [[Μεδεών]] (Boeotia) "place, where the government is, Regierungsstadt"(?); cf. Solmsen Wortforsch. 41ff., Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1, 67 n. 3, Leumann Hom. Wörter 326, Schwyzer 488. (Also <b class="b3">-έω</b>? Schulze Kl. Schr. 678.)<br />Derivatives: [[μέδομαι]] <b class="b2">care for sthing, think of sth., be prepared for</b> (Il.), only pres. except [[μεδήσομαι]] I 650. -- From here <b class="b3">μεδίμῳ ἥρωι</b> H.; prob. after [[κύδιμος]], [[δόκιμος]] a. o., Schwyzer 494 n. 9.<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [705] <b class="b2">*med-</b> [[measure]]<br />Etymology: In the sense of <b class="b2">think of sth., be prepared for sth.</b> [[μέδομαι]] answers completely the Lat. frequentative [[meditor]], <b class="b2">-ārī</b> [[reflect]], beside which we find partly the primary verb [[medeor]], <b class="b2">-ērī</b> (s. below), partly the primary noun [[modus]] [[measure]] with [[modius]], [[modestus]], [[moderor]] . Celtic has several cognates, e.g. OIr. [[mess]] [[iudicium]] (< <b class="b2">*med-tu-</b>), [[air-med]] [[measure]]. The basic meaning [[measure]] is found in Germ.: Goth. [[mitan]] (with [[miton]] [[meassure]], [[consider]]), OE [[metan]], NHG [[messen]] etc. An old special meaning shows Lat. [[medeor]] [[heal]] (prop. [[take measures]] [[vide supra|v.s.]]?), just like Av. <b class="b2">vī-mad-</b> [[healer]], [[physician]]. Further forms in WP. 2, 259 f., Pok. 705 f., W.-Hofmann a. Ernout-Meillet s. [[meditor]] and [[medeor]], also Fraenkel Wb. s. <b class="b2">mãtas</b>. -- As lengthened grade form we have [[μήδομαι]], s.v.