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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From μέδω (médō, “to protect, rule over”) + -ων (-ōn).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /me.dé.ɔːn/ → /meˈðe.on/ → /meˈðe.on/
Noun
μεδέων • (medéōn) m (genitive μεδέοντος); third declension
- guardian
Declension
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Further reading
- “μεδέων”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- μεδέων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- μεδέων in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “μεδέων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “μεδέων”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter