See μήδεα in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "μήδεσῐ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "μήδεσῐν",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "mḗdesĭ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "mḗdesĭn",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "μήδεᾰ",
"roman": "mḗdeă",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "μήδεᾰ",
"roman": "mḗdeă",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "μέζεᾰ",
"roman": "mézeă",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "μήδε’",
"roman": "mḗde’",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "μήδεᾰ",
"2": "μηδέων",
"3": "n-p",
"4": "third"
},
"expansion": "μήδεᾰ • (mḗdeă) n pl (genitive μηδέων); third declension",
"name": "grc-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "μῆδος",
"2": "μήδεος",
"dial": "epi",
"form": "N-plur"
},
"name": "grc-decl"
}
],
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"lang_code": "grc",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Ancient Greek pluralia tantum",
"Epic Greek"
],
"glosses": [
"male genitals"
],
"links": [
[
"male",
"male"
],
[
"genital",
"genital"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Epic, plural only) male genitals"
],
"tags": [
"Epic",
"plural",
"plural-only"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/mɛ̌ː.de.a/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈmi.ðe.a/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈmi.ðe.a/"
},
{
"ipa": "/mɛ̌ː.de.a/",
"note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈme̝.de.a/",
"note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈmi.ðe.a/",
"note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈmi.ðe.a/",
"note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈmi.ðe.a/",
"note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
}
],
"word": "μήδεα"
}
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