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English
Etymology
From Latin Maedi, from Ancient Greek Μαῖδοι (Maîdoi).
Noun
Maedi (plural Maedi)
- (historical) A member of a Thracian or Illyrian tribe once occupying the area between Paionia and Thrace.
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μαῖδοι (Maîdoi).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Maedī m pl (genitive Maedōrum); second declension
- A powerful tribe of Thrace dwelling near the sources of the rivers Axius and Margus
Declension
Second-declension noun, plural only.
References
- “Maedi”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Maedi in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Maedi”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly