Μέδων

See also: μέδων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μέδων (médōn, “ruler”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mé.dɔːn/ → /ˈme.ðon/ → /ˈme.ðon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mé.dɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈme.don/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈme.ðon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈme.ðon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈme.ðon/

Proper noun

Μέδων • (Médōn) m (genitive Μέδοντος); third declension

1. Medon (son of Oīleus, stepbrother of Ajax)

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Μέδων; τοῦ Μέδοντος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Μέδων ho Médōn
Genitive	τοῦ Μέδοντος toû Médontos
Dative	τῷ Μέδοντῐ tôi Médonti
Accusative	τὸν Μέδοντᾰ tòn Médonta
Vocative	Μέδον Médon
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “Μέδων”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers