Μέδουσα

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Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Feminine participle of μέδω (médō, “rule, protect”), i.e. "she who rules/protects".

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Μέδουσᾰ • (Médousa) f (genitive Μεδούσης); first declension

  1. (Greek mythology) Medusa
  2. (rare) a female given name

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Μέδουσᾰ; τῆς Μεδούσης (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Μέδουσᾰ
hē Médousa
Genitive τῆς Μεδούσης
tês Medoúsēs
Dative τῇ Μεδούσῃ
têi Medoúsēi
Accusative τὴν Μέδουσᾰν
tḕn Médousan
Vocative Μέδουσᾰ
Médousa
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Descendants

References

  • “Μέδουσα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Μέδουσα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “Μέδουσα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • Μέδουσα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
  • “Μέδουσα”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,011
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