"μέδιμνος" meaning in Ancient Greek

See μέδιμνος in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /mé.dim.nos/, /ˈme.ðim.nos/, /ˈme.ðim.nos/, /mé.dim.nos/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈme.dim.nos/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈme.ðim.nos/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈme.ðim.nos/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈme.ðim.nos/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure”) and cognate with Ancient Greek μέδομαι (médomai, “to provide for”), Latin modus (“measure; manner”) and Proto-Germanic *mētō (“measure”). According to Beekes, from Pre-Greek because of the presence of the cluster "-μν-". Etymology templates: {{der|grc|ine-pro|*med-||to measure}} Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure”), {{cog|grc|μέδομαι||to provide for}} Ancient Greek μέδομαι (médomai, “to provide for”), {{cog|la|modus||measure; manner}} Latin modus (“measure; manner”), {{cog|gem-pro|*mētō||measure}} Proto-Germanic *mētō (“measure”), {{der|grc|qsb-grc|-}} Pre-Greek Head templates: {{grc-noun|μεδίμνου|m|second}} μέδιμνος • (médimnos) m (genitive μεδίμνου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|μέδιμνος|ου}} Forms: médimnos [romanization], μεδίμνου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], ὁ μέδιμνος [nominative, singular], τὼ μεδίμνω [dual, nominative], οἱ μέδιμνοι [nominative, plural], τοῦ μεδίμνου [genitive, singular], τοῖν μεδίμνοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν μεδίμνων [genitive, plural], τῷ μεδίμνῳ [dative, singular], τοῖν μεδίμνοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς μεδίμνοις [dative, plural], τὸν μέδιμνον [accusative, singular], τὼ μεδίμνω [accusative, dual], τοὺς μεδίμνους [accusative, plural], μέδιμνε [singular, vocative], μεδίμνω [dual, vocative], μέδιμνοι [plural, vocative]
  1. corn measure, bushel Categories (topical): Units of measure
    Sense id: en-μέδιμνος-grc-noun-xUDZ5sk- Disambiguation of Units of measure: 98 2 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension, Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 70 30 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 9
  2. (in Magna Graecia) pipe of a fountain
    Sense id: en-μέδιμνος-grc-noun-h8ehv4HS
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ϝεδιμνος (wedimnos) Derived forms: ἡμιμέδιμνον (hēmimédimnon), μεδιμναῖος (medimnaîos)
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "hēmimédimnon",
      "word": "ἡμιμέδιμνον"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "medimnaîos",
      "word": "μεδιμναῖος"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "syc",
            "2": "ܡܐܕܝܡܢܘܣ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Classical Syriac: ܡܐܕܝܡܢܘܣ",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Classical Syriac: ܡܐܕܝܡܢܘܣ"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "medimnos",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: medimnos",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: medimnos"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pgd",
            "2": "𐨨𐨁𐨫𐨁𐨨",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Gandhari: 𐨨𐨁𐨫𐨁𐨨 (milima)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Gandhari: 𐨨𐨁𐨫𐨁𐨨 (milima)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "medimnus",
            "3": "medimnum",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: medimnus, medimnum",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: medimnus, medimnum"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "medimnus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: medimnus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: medimnus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ota",
            "2": "مادمنون",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "mademnun"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ottoman Turkish: مادمنون (mademnun)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ottoman Turkish: مادمنون (mademnun)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*med-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to measure"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "μέδομαι",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to provide for"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
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        "1": "la",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "measure; manner"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*mētō",
        "3": "",
        "4": "measure"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "qsb-grc",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Pre-Greek",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure”) and cognate with Ancient Greek μέδομαι (médomai, “to provide for”), Latin modus (“measure; manner”) and Proto-Germanic *mētō (“measure”). According to Beekes, from Pre-Greek because of the presence of the cluster \"-μν-\".",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "médimnos",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μεδίμνου",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-2",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Second declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ μέδιμνος",
      "roman": "ho médimnos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ μεδίμνω",
      "roman": "tṑ medímnō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ μέδιμνοι",
      "roman": "hoi médimnoi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ μεδίμνου",
      "roman": "toû medímnou",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν μεδίμνοιν",
      "roman": "toîn medímnoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν μεδίμνων",
      "roman": "tôn medímnōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ μεδίμνῳ",
      "roman": "tôi medímnōi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν μεδίμνοιν",
      "roman": "toîn medímnoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς μεδίμνοις",
      "roman": "toîs medímnois",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν μέδιμνον",
      "roman": "tòn médimnon",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ μεδίμνω",
      "roman": "tṑ medímnō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς μεδίμνους",
      "roman": "toùs medímnous",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέδιμνε",
      "roman": "médimne",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μεδίμνω",
      "roman": "medímnō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέδιμνοι",
      "roman": "médimnoi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "μεδίμνου",
        "2": "m",
        "3": "second"
      },
      "expansion": "μέδιμνος • (médimnos) m (genitive μεδίμνου); second declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "μέδιμνος",
        "2": "ου"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "72 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "70 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "69 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "87 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "91 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "98 2",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Units of measure",
          "orig": "grc:Units of measure",
          "parents": [
            "Metrology",
            "Quantity",
            "Applied sciences",
            "Mathematics",
            "Sciences",
            "Formal sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "corn measure, bushel"
      ],
      "id": "en-μέδιμνος-grc-noun-xUDZ5sk-",
      "links": [
        [
          "corn",
          "corn"
        ],
        [
          "bushel",
          "bushel"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "pipe of a fountain"
      ],
      "id": "en-μέδιμνος-grc-noun-h8ehv4HS",
      "links": [
        [
          "Magna Graecia",
          "Magna Graecia"
        ],
        [
          "pipe",
          "pipe"
        ],
        [
          "fountain",
          "fountain"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in Magna Graecia) pipe of a fountain"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in Magna Graecia"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mé.dim.nos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.ðim.nos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.ðim.nos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mé.dim.nos/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.dim.nos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.ðim.nos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.ðim.nos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.ðim.nos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "wedimnos",
      "word": "ϝεδιμνος"
    }
  ],
  "word": "μέδιμνος"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Ancient Greek 3-syllable words",
    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek masculine nouns",
    "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek proparoxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek second-declension nouns",
    "Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from a Pre-Greek substrate",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "grc:Units of measure"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "hēmimédimnon",
      "word": "ἡμιμέδιμνον"
    },
    {
      "roman": "medimnaîos",
      "word": "μεδιμναῖος"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "syc",
            "2": "ܡܐܕܝܡܢܘܣ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Classical Syriac: ܡܐܕܝܡܢܘܣ",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Classical Syriac: ܡܐܕܝܡܢܘܣ"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "medimnos",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: medimnos",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: medimnos"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pgd",
            "2": "𐨨𐨁𐨫𐨁𐨨",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Gandhari: 𐨨𐨁𐨫𐨁𐨨 (milima)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Gandhari: 𐨨𐨁𐨫𐨁𐨨 (milima)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "medimnus",
            "3": "medimnum",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: medimnus, medimnum",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: medimnus, medimnum"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "medimnus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: medimnus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: medimnus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ota",
            "2": "مادمنون",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "mademnun"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ottoman Turkish: مادمنون (mademnun)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ottoman Turkish: مادمنون (mademnun)"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*med-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to measure"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "μέδομαι",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to provide for"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "modus",
        "3": "",
        "4": "measure; manner"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin modus (“measure; manner”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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        "1": "gem-pro",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "measure"
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "qsb-grc",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Pre-Greek",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure”) and cognate with Ancient Greek μέδομαι (médomai, “to provide for”), Latin modus (“measure; manner”) and Proto-Germanic *mētō (“measure”). According to Beekes, from Pre-Greek because of the presence of the cluster \"-μν-\".",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "médimnos",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μεδίμνου",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-2",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Second declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ μέδιμνος",
      "roman": "ho médimnos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ μεδίμνω",
      "roman": "tṑ medímnō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ μέδιμνοι",
      "roman": "hoi médimnoi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ μεδίμνου",
      "roman": "toû medímnou",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν μεδίμνοιν",
      "roman": "toîn medímnoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν μεδίμνων",
      "roman": "tôn medímnōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ μεδίμνῳ",
      "roman": "tôi medímnōi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν μεδίμνοιν",
      "roman": "toîn medímnoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς μεδίμνοις",
      "roman": "toîs medímnois",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν μέδιμνον",
      "roman": "tòn médimnon",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ μεδίμνω",
      "roman": "tṑ medímnō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς μεδίμνους",
      "roman": "toùs medímnous",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέδιμνε",
      "roman": "médimne",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μεδίμνω",
      "roman": "medímnō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέδιμνοι",
      "roman": "médimnoi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "μεδίμνου",
        "2": "m",
        "3": "second"
      },
      "expansion": "μέδιμνος • (médimnos) m (genitive μεδίμνου); second declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "μέδιμνος",
        "2": "ου"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "corn measure, bushel"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "corn",
          "corn"
        ],
        [
          "bushel",
          "bushel"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "pipe of a fountain"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Magna Graecia",
          "Magna Graecia"
        ],
        [
          "pipe",
          "pipe"
        ],
        [
          "fountain",
          "fountain"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in Magna Graecia) pipe of a fountain"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in Magna Graecia"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mé.dim.nos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.ðim.nos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.ðim.nos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mé.dim.nos/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.dim.nos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.ðim.nos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.ðim.nos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.ðim.nos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "wedimnos",
      "word": "ϝεδιμνος"
    }
  ],
  "word": "μέδιμνος"
}

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