Μῆδος
μὴ κακὸν εὖ ἔρξῃς· σπείρειν ἴσον ἔστ' ἐνὶ πόντῳ → do no good to a bad man; it is like sowing in the sea
English (LSJ)
ὁ,
A Mede, Median: hence, Persian, Hdt.5.77, etc.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ου;
adj. m.
de Médie, Mède ; οἱ Μῆδοι, les Mèdes ; ὁ Μῆδος, le Mède, càd le roi des Mèdes.
English (Strong)
of foreign origin (compare NONE); a Median, or inhabitant of Media: Mede.
English (Thayer)
Μηδου, ὁ, a Mede, a native or an inhabitant of Media, a well-known region of Asia whose chief city was Ecbatana (see B. D., under the word): B. D. and Schaff-Herzog under the word Media.)
Greek Monotonic
Μῆδος: ὁ, Μήδος (ως προς την εθνικότητα), Μηδικός, σε Ηρόδ. κ.λπ.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
Μῆδος: I ὁ
1) мидянин, мидиец Aesch., Her. etc.;
2) перс: μετὰ τὸν Μῆδον Thuc. после (второй) Греко-персидской войны.
III ὁ Мед
1) сын Вакха Plut.;
2) река в Персиде Plut.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
Μῆδος: ου adj. m индийский Her. etc.
Middle Liddell
Μῆδος, ὁ,
a Mede, Median, Hdt., etc.
