"μέδω" meaning in Ancient Greek

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Verb

IPA: /mé.dɔː/, /ˈme.ðo/, /ˈme.ðo/, /mé.dɔː/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈme.do/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈme.ðo/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈme.ðo/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈme.ðo/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *méd-e-ti, from *med- (“to measure, limit, consider, advise”). Etymology templates: {{inh|grc|ine-pro||*méd-e-ti}} Proto-Indo-European *méd-e-ti Head templates: {{grc-verb}} μέδω • (médō) Inflection templates: {{grc-conj|pres|μεδ|form=act}} Forms: médō [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], μέδω [active, first-person, indicative, singular], μέδεις [active, indicative, second-person, singular], μέδει [active, indicative, singular, third-person], μέδετον [active, dual, indicative, second-person], μέδετον [active, dual, indicative, third-person], μέδομεν [active, first-person, indicative, plural], μέδετε [active, indicative, plural, second-person], μέδουσῐ [active, indicative, plural, third-person], μέδουσῐν [active, indicative, plural, third-person], μέδω [active, first-person, singular, subjunctive], μέδῃς [active, second-person, singular, subjunctive], μέδῃ [active, singular, subjunctive, third-person], μέδητον [active, dual, second-person, subjunctive], μέδητον [active, dual, subjunctive, third-person], μέδωμεν [active, first-person, plural, subjunctive], μέδητε [active, plural, second-person, subjunctive], μέδωσῐ [active, plural, subjunctive, third-person], μέδωσῐν [active, plural, subjunctive, third-person], μέδοιμῐ [active, first-person, optative, singular], μέδοις [active, optative, second-person, singular], μέδοι [active, optative, singular, third-person], μέδοιτον [active, dual, optative, second-person], μεδοίτην [active, dual, optative, third-person], μέδοιμεν [active, first-person, optative, plural], μέδοιτε [active, optative, plural, second-person], μέδοιεν [active, optative, plural, third-person], μέδε [active, imperative, second-person, singular], μεδέτω [active, imperative, singular, third-person], μέδετον [active, dual, imperative, second-person], μεδέτων [active, dual, imperative, third-person], μέδετε [active, imperative, plural, second-person], μεδόντων [active, imperative, plural, third-person], μέδειν [active, infinitive], μέδων [active, masculine, participle], μέδουσᾰ [active, feminine, participle], μέδον [active, neuter, participle]
  1. to protect, rule over Derived forms: Ἀνδρομέδα (Androméda), Μέδουσᾰ (Médousa), μέδων (médōn) Related terms: μέδομαι (médomai)

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        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
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    },
    {
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    {
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        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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    },
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    },
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    },
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        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "μεδέτω",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
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        "second-person"
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        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέδειν",
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        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "μέδων",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέδουσᾰ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "feminine",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέδον",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "active",
        "neuter",
        "participle"
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  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "verb",
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    }
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        "Ancient Greek lemmas",
        "Ancient Greek links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Ancient Greek paroxytone terms",
        "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes",
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      "glosses": [
        "to protect, rule over"
      ],
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        [
          "protect",
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        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/mé.dɔː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.ðo/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.ðo/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mé.dɔː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.do/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.ðo/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.ðo/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.ðo/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "μέδω"
}

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