μηδίζω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Μῆδος (Mêdos) +‎ -ίζω (-ízō).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

μηδῐ́ζω • (mēdĭ́zō)

  1. to Medize, ally with the Medians or adopt the Median culture or language
    • 484 BCE – 425 BCE, Herodotus, The Histories 7.205.3:
      τοῦδε δὲ εἵνεκα τούτους σπουδὴν ἐποιήσατο Λεωνίδης μούνους Ἑλλήνων παραλαβεῖν, ὅτι σφέων μεγάλως κατηγόρητο μηδίζειν· παρεκάλεε ὦν ἐς τὸν πόλεμον, θέλων εἰδέναι εἴτε συμπέμψουσι εἴτε καὶ ἀπερέουσι ἐκ τοῦ ἐμφανέος τὴν Ἑλλήνων συμμαχίην.
      toûde dè heíneka toútous spoudḕn epoiḗsato Leōnídēs moúnous Hellḗnōn paralabeîn, hóti sphéōn megálōs katēgórēto mēdízein; parekálee ôn es tòn pólemon, thélōn eidénai eíte sumpémpsousi eíte kaì aperéousi ek toû emphanéos tḕn Hellḗnōn summakhíēn.
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    • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Appollodorus Against Neaera 59:
      πάλιν δὲ Ξέρξου ἰόντος ἐπὶ τὴν Ἑλλάδα, Θηβαίων μηδισάντων, οὐκ ἐτόλμησαν ἀποστῆναι τῆς ὑμετέρας φιλίας, ἀλλὰ μόνοι τῶν ἄλλων Βοιωτῶν οἱ μὲν ἡμίσεις αὐτῶν μετὰ Λακεδαιμονίων καὶ Λεωνίδου ἐν Θερμοπύλαις παραταξάμενοι τῷ βαρβάρῳ ἐπιόντι συναπώλοντο, οἱ δὲ λοιποὶ ἐμβάντες εἰς τὰς ὑμετέρας τριήρεις, ἐπειδὴ αὐτοῖς οἰκεῖα σκάφη οὐχ ὑπῆρχεν, συνεναυμάχουν ὑμῖν ἐπί τε Ἀρτεμισίῳ καὶ ἐν Σαλαμῖνι
      pálin dè Xérxou ióntos epì tḕn Helláda, Thēbaíōn mēdisántōn, ouk etólmēsan apostênai tês humetéras philías, allà mónoi tôn állōn Boiōtôn hoi mèn hēmíseis autôn metà Lakedaimoníōn kaì Leōnídou en Thermopúlais parataxámenoi tōî barbárōi epiónti sunapṓlonto, hoi dè loipoì embántes eis tàs humetéras triḗreis, epeidḕ autoîs oikeîa skáphē oukh hupêrkhen, sunenaumákhoun humîn epí te Artemisíōi kaì en Salamîni
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    • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Themistocles 7.2:
      ἐπεὶ δʼ ἀνεχώρησαν ἐκεῖθεν ἄπρακτοι καὶ Θετταλῶν βασιλεῖ προσγενομένων ἐμήδιζε τὰ μέχρι Βοιωτίας, μᾶλλον ἤδη τῷ Θεμιστοκλεῖ προσεῖχον οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι περὶ τῆς θαλάσσης, καὶ πέμπεται μετὰ νεῶν ἐπʼ Ἀρτεμίσιον τὰ στενὰ φυλάξων.
      epeì d’ anekhṓrēsan ekeîthen ápraktoi kaì Thettalôn basileî prosgenoménōn emḗdize tà mékhri Boiōtías, mâllon ḗdē tōî Themistokleî proseîkhon hoi Athēnaîoi perì tês thalássēs, kaì pémpetai metà neôn ep’ Artemísion tà stenà phuláxōn.
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Conjugation

   Present: μηδῐ́ζω, μηδῐ́ζομαι
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
active indicative μηδῐ́ζω μηδῐ́ζεις μηδῐ́ζει μηδῐ́ζετον μηδῐ́ζετον μηδῐ́ζομεν μηδῐ́ζετε μηδῐ́ζουσῐ(ν)
subjunctive μηδῐ́ζω μηδῐ́ζῃς μηδῐ́ζῃ μηδῐ́ζητον μηδῐ́ζητον μηδῐ́ζωμεν μηδῐ́ζητε μηδῐ́ζωσῐ(ν)
optative μηδῐ́ζοιμῐ μηδῐ́ζοις μηδῐ́ζοι μηδῐ́ζοιτον μηδῐζοίτην μηδῐ́ζοιμεν μηδῐ́ζοιτε μηδῐ́ζοιεν
imperative   μήδῐζε μηδῐζέτω μηδῐ́ζετον μηδῐζέτων   μηδῐ́ζετε μηδῐζόντων
middle/passive indicative μηδῐ́ζομαι μηδῐ́ζῃ,
μηδῐ́ζει 		μηδῐ́ζεται μηδῐ́ζεσθον μηδῐ́ζεσθον μηδῐζόμεθᾰ μηδῐ́ζεσθε μηδῐ́ζονται
subjunctive μηδῐ́ζωμαι μηδῐ́ζῃ μηδῐ́ζηται μηδῐ́ζησθον μηδῐ́ζησθον μηδῐζώμεθᾰ μηδῐ́ζησθε μηδῐ́ζωνται
optative μηδῐζοίμην μηδῐ́ζοιο μηδῐ́ζοιτο μηδῐ́ζοισθον μηδῐζοίσθην μηδῐζοίμεθᾰ μηδῐ́ζοισθε μηδῐ́ζοιντο
imperative   μηδῐ́ζου μηδῐζέσθω μηδῐ́ζεσθον μηδῐζέσθων   μηδῐ́ζεσθε μηδῐζέσθων
active middle/passive
infinitive μηδῐ́ζειν μηδῐ́ζεσθαι
participle m μηδῐ́ζων μηδῐζόμενος
f μηδῐ́ζουσᾰ μηδῐζομένη
n μηδῐ́ζον μηδῐζόμενον
Notes:
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
   Imperfect: ἐμήδῐζον, ἐμηδῐζόμην
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
active indicative ἐμήδῐζον ἐμήδῐζες ἐμήδῐζε(ν) ἐμηδῐ́ζετον ἐμηδῐζέτην ἐμηδῐ́ζομεν ἐμηδῐ́ζετε ἐμήδῐζον
middle/passive indicative ἐμηδῐζόμην ἐμηδῐ́ζου ἐμηδῐ́ζετο ἐμηδῐ́ζεσθον ἐμηδῐζέσθην ἐμηδῐζόμεθᾰ ἐμηδῐ́ζεσθε ἐμηδῐ́ζοντο
Notes:
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
   Aorist: ἐμήδῐσᾰ, ἐμηδῐσᾰ́μην, ἐμηδῐ́σθην
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
active indicative ἐμήδῐσᾰ ἐμήδῐσᾰς ἐμήδῐσε(ν) ἐμηδῐ́σᾰτον ἐμηδῐσᾰ́την ἐμηδῐ́σᾰμεν ἐμηδῐ́σᾰτε ἐμήδῐσᾰν
subjunctive μηδῐ́σω μηδῐ́σῃς μηδῐ́σῃ μηδῐ́σητον μηδῐ́σητον μηδῐ́σωμεν μηδῐ́σητε μηδῐ́σωσῐ(ν)
optative μηδῐ́σαιμῐ μηδῐ́σειᾰς,
μηδῐ́σαις 		μηδῐ́σειε(ν),
μηδῐ́σαι 		μηδῐ́σαιτον μηδῐσαίτην μηδῐ́σαιμεν μηδῐ́σαιτε μηδῐ́σειᾰν,
μηδῐ́σαιεν
imperative   μήδῐσον μηδῐσᾰ́τω μηδῐ́σᾰτον μηδῐσᾰ́των   μηδῐ́σᾰτε μηδῐσᾰ́ντων
middle indicative ἐμηδῐσᾰ́μην ἐμηδῐ́σω ἐμηδῐ́σᾰτο ἐμηδῐ́σᾰσθον ἐμηδῐσᾰ́σθην ἐμηδῐσᾰ́μεθᾰ ἐμηδῐ́σᾰσθε ἐμηδῐ́σᾰντο
subjunctive μηδῐ́σωμαι μηδῐ́σῃ μηδῐ́σηται μηδῐ́σησθον μηδῐ́σησθον μηδῐσώμεθᾰ μηδῐ́σησθε μηδῐ́σωνται
optative μηδῐσαίμην μηδῐ́σαιο μηδῐ́σαιτο μηδῐ́σαισθον μηδῐσαίσθην μηδῐσαίμεθᾰ μηδῐ́σαισθε μηδῐ́σαιντο
imperative   μήδῐσαι μηδῐσᾰ́σθω μηδῐ́σᾰσθον μηδῐσᾰ́σθων   μηδῐ́σᾰσθε μηδῐσᾰ́σθων
passive indicative ἐμηδῐ́σθην ἐμηδῐ́σθης ἐμηδῐ́σθη ἐμηδῐ́σθητον ἐμηδῐσθήτην ἐμηδῐ́σθημεν ἐμηδῐ́σθητε ἐμηδῐ́σθησᾰν
subjunctive μηδῐσθῶ μηδῐσθῇς μηδῐσθῇ μηδῐσθῆτον μηδῐσθῆτον μηδῐσθῶμεν μηδῐσθῆτε μηδῐσθῶσῐ(ν)
optative μηδῐσθείην μηδῐσθείης μηδῐσθείη μηδῐσθεῖτον,
μηδῐσθείητον 		μηδῐσθείτην,
μηδῐσθειήτην 		μηδῐσθεῖμεν,
μηδῐσθείημεν 		μηδῐσθεῖτε,
μηδῐσθείητε 		μηδῐσθεῖεν,
μηδῐσθείησᾰν
imperative   μηδῐ́σθητῐ μηδῐσθήτω μηδῐ́σθητον μηδῐσθήτων   μηδῐ́σθητε μηδῐσθέντων
active middle passive
infinitive μηδῐ́σαι μηδῐ́σᾰσθαι μηδῐσθῆναι
participle m μηδῐ́σᾱς μηδῐσᾰ́μενος μηδῐσθείς
f μηδῐ́σᾱσᾰ μηδῐσᾰμένη μηδῐσθεῖσᾰ
n μηδῐ́σᾰν μηδῐσᾰ́μενον μηδῐσθέν
Notes:
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Descendants

  • English: medize
  • Greek: μηδίζω (midízo)

References

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