"Μήδεια" meaning in Ancient Greek

See Μήδεια in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /mɛ̌ː.deː.a/, /ˈmi.ði.a/, /ˈmi.ði.a/, /mɛ̌ː.deː.a/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈme̝.di.a/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈmi.ði.a/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈmi.ði.a/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈmi.ði.a/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Literally, “cunning”, from μήδεα (mḗdea, “cunning, counsels, device, planning”) + -ιᾰ (-ia, feminine suffix), from μέδω (médō, “to rule over, protect”), from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure, give advice, heal”). Etymology templates: {{m-g|cunning}} “cunning”, {{lit|cunning}} Literally, “cunning”, {{affix|grc|μήδεα|-ιᾰ|pos2=feminine suffix|t1=cunning, counsels, device, planning}} μήδεα (mḗdea, “cunning, counsels, device, planning”) + -ιᾰ (-ia, feminine suffix), {{der|grc|ine-pro|*med-||to measure, give advice, heal}} Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure, give advice, heal”) Head templates: {{grc-proper noun|Μηδείᾱς|f|first|head=Μήδειᾰ}} Μήδειᾰ • (Mḗdeia) f (genitive Μηδείᾱς); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|Μήδειᾰ|ᾱς|form=sing}} Forms: Μήδειᾰ [canonical], Mḗdeia [romanization], Μηδείᾱς [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ Μήδειᾰ [nominative, singular], τῆς Μηδείᾱς [genitive, singular], τῇ Μηδείᾳ [dative, singular], τὴν Μήδειᾰν [accusative, singular], Μήδειᾰ [singular, vocative]
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