μῆδος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(B), εος, τό, Ep. Noun, only pl. <b class="b3">μήδεα</b>, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[genitals]], <span class="bibl">Od.18.67</span>, <span class="bibl">87</span>, <span class="bibl">22.476</span>, Androm. ap. Gal.14.41; μ. φωτός <span class="bibl">Od.6.129</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Fr.</span> 50</span> P.; v. [[μέζεα]]. (In late Prose, <span class="bibl">Ant.Lib.17.6</span>.) </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[urine]], λαγόνων ἀπὸ μήδεα χεύῃ <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">C.</span>4.441</span>.</span><br /><span class="bld">μῆδος</span> (A), εος, τό, (μέδω) poet. Noun, only in pl. <b class="b3">μήδεα</b>, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">counsels, plans, arts</b>, mostly with collat. notion of [[prudence]] or [[cunning]], δόλους καὶ μ. πυκνά <span class="bibl">Il.3.202</span>; βουλαὶ… μ. τ' ἀνδρῶν <span class="bibl">2.340</span>; πεπνυμένα μ. εἰδώς <span class="bibl">7.278</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.2.38</span>; πυκινὰ φρεσὶ μ. ἔχοντες <span class="bibl">Il.24.674</span>; θεοῖς ἐναλίγκια μ. ἔχοντα <span class="bibl">Od.13.89</span>; <b class="b3">μάχης μ</b>. [[plans]] of fight, <span class="bibl">Il.15.467</span>, <span class="bibl">16.120</span>; μ. πατρός <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>398</span>; μήδεσιν ἀμοῖς <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.27</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">10.11</span>; ἐπικότοισι μήδεσι <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Pr.</span>601</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">σός τε πόθος σά τε μ</b>. longing for thee and thy [[counsels]], <span class="bibl">Od.11.202</span>.</span>