Μηδικός
οὐ μακαριεῖς τὸν γέροντα, καθ' ὅσον γηράσκων τελευτᾷ, ἀλλ' εἰ τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς συμπεπλήρωται· ἕνεκα γὰρ χρόνου πάντες ἐσμὲν ἄωροι → do not count happy the old man who dies in old age, unless he is full of goods; in fact we are all unripe in regards to time
English (LSJ)
ή, όν, Median: τὰ Μηδικά (sc. πράγματα)
A the Median affairs, esp. the war with the Medes, the name given by Gr. historians to the great Persian war, Th.1.14, Arist.Pol.1303b33, etc.; ὁ Μ. πόλεμος Th.1.90,95; Μ. ἐσθής, i.e. silken garments, Procop.Pers.1.20: Comp. τὰ-ώτερα Philostr.VA1.25. Adv. Comp. -ώτερον, κατεσκευασμένος ib.3.26. II Μηδικὴ πόα, lucerne, Medicago sativa, Ar.Eq. 606; M. alone, Thphr.HP8.7.7, Dsc.2.147 (by some written μηδίκη, Hdn.Gr.1.316, Eust.1967.27, cf. D.S.3.43 codd.). 2 μηδική, ἡ, = ἑλένιον, Dsc.1.28, Plin.HN14.108. III μῆλον Μηδικόν, v. μῆλον (B). IV ὀπὸς Μηδικός a form of silphium juice, prob. assafoetida, Dsc.3.80, Philum.Ven.3.2. V Μηδικόν, τό, perh. a tomb in Persian style, JHS22.124.
