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|lshtext=<b>Mēdi</b>: ōrum, m., = Μῆδοι,<br /><b>I</b> the Medes; [[poet]]. also for the Assyrians, Persians, Parthians, Mel. 1, 2, 5; Cic. Off. 2, 12, 41; Hor. C. 1, 2, 51; 2, 16, 6; Luc. 8, 386; Pers. 3, 53.—In sing.: Medusque et [[Indus]], Hor. C. 4, 14, 42: [[pervigil]], Val. Fl. 5, 604.—Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Mēdus, a, um, adj., Median, Assyrian, etc.: [[Hydaspes]], Verg. G. 4, 211: [[acinaces]], Hor. C. 1, 27, 5: sagittae, Prop. 3, 10 (4, 11), 11: [[flumen]], i. e. [[doubtless]] the [[Euphrates]], the [[most]] [[famous]] [[river]] of the [[remote]] East; [[though]] [[some]] [[understand]] it to [[mean]] the [[river]] [[Medus]], a [[small]] [[branch]] of the [[Araxes]], mentioned by [[Strabo]], Hor. C. 2, 9, 21.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Mēdĭa, ae, f., = Μηδία, a [[country]] [[lying]] [[between]] [[Armenia]], [[Parthia]], [[Hyrcania]], and [[Assyria]], the [[modern]] Azerbijan, Shirvan, Ghilan, and Mazanderan, Plin. 6, 26, 29, § 114; Verg. G. 2, 126.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Mēdĭcus, a, um, adj., Median, Assyrian, Persian, etc.: [[vestis]], Persian, Nep. Paus. 3: rura, Luc. 8, 368: [[arbor]], the [[orange]]-[[tree]], Plin. 12, 3, 7, § 15: [[mala]], Assyrian, i. e. oranges, citrons, id. 15, 14, 14, § 47: smaragdi, id. 37, 5, 18, § 71: dea, i. e. [[Nemesis]], a [[statue]] of Parian [[marble]], Aus. Ep. 24, 54.—Mē-dĭcus, i, m., a [[surname]] of the [[emperor]] Verus, on [[account]] of his [[victory]] [[over]] the Medes, [[Capitol]]. Verr. 7; v. [[Medica]].

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