Μηδικός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Μηδική, Μηδικόν, ''Median'': <b class="b3">τὰ Μηδικά</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[πράγματα]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[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; <b class="b3">Μ. ἐσθής</b>, i.e. [[silken]] garments, Procop.''Pers.''1.20: Comp. τὰ Μηδικώτερα Philostr.''VA''1.25. Adv. Comp. Μηδικώτερον<b class="b3">, κατεσκευασμένος</b> ib.3.26.<br><span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">Μηδικὴ πόα</b>, [[lucerne]], [[Medicago sativa]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]'' 606; M. alone, Thphr.''HP''8.7.7, Dsc.2.147 (by some written [[μηδίκη]], Hdn.Gr.1.316, Eust.1967.27, cf. D.S.3.43 codd.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[μηδική]], ἡ, = [[ἑλένιον]], Dsc.1.28, Plin.''HN''14.108.<br><span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b3">μῆλον Μηδικόν</b>, v. [[μῆλον]] (B).<br><span class="bld">IV</span> <b class="b3">ὀπὸς Μηδικός</b> a form of [[silphium]] [[juice]], prob. [[assafoetida]], Dsc.3.80, Philum.''Ven.''3.2.<br><span class="bld">V</span> [[Μηδικόν]], τό, perhaps a tomb [[in Persian style]], ''JHS''22.124.