Μηδία - Stephanos Ethnika

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Entry #172
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 449.8 | Billerbeck: Μ172
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Word count: 62
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Sources: Ἑκαταῖος (Hecataeus) FGrHist 1 F 286 [Ἀσίᾳ], Στράβων (Strabo) 11,13,7 [C 525,17]; 11,13,7 [C 525,15]
Entities: Μηδία (Media (region)) [place], Κασπιαῖαι Πύλαι (Caspian Gates) [place], Μῆδος (Medus (son of Medea)) [person], Μήδεια (Medea) [person], Μῆδος (Medes (ethnic name)) [people], Μηδίς (Medis (feminine ethnic form)) [people], Μηδικὸς (Median (as ethnonym)) [people], Μῆδοι (Medes) [people], Κυρηναϊκή (Cyrenaica) [place]
Etymologies: Eponym Person: From Medus, son of Medea.; Morphological Composition: The ethnic name Μῆδος is the same as the base form; the feminine is Μηδίς; also Μηδικός and Μήδειοι are said.; Morphological Composition: The Μηδικὸς 'opós' (a product/drink) and the Μηδικὴ plant.; Morphological Composition: The country produces silphium, from which the product called the 'Μηδικὸς ὀπός' (Median opós) is named.; Morphological Composition: The plant which mainly fed horses, which we call 'μηδίκη' (Median plant).
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Μηδία, χώρα ταῖς Κασπίαις παρακεκλιμένη πύλαις. Ἑκαταῖος Ἀσίᾳ. ἀπὸ Μήδου υἱοῦ Μηδείας. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μῆδος ὁμοφώνως τῷ πρωτοτύπῳ, καὶ θηλυκὸν Μηδίς, καὶ Μηδικός, καὶ Μήδειοι λέγονται. ὁ Μηδικὸς ὀπός, ἡ Μηδικὴ βοτάνη. Στράβων “φέρει δὲ σίλφιον ἡ χώρα, ἀφ´ ἧς ὁ Μηδικὸς καλούμενος ὀπός, οὐ πολὺ λειπόμενος τοῦ Κυρηναϊκοῦ”. καὶ πάλιν “καὶ τὴν βοτάνην τὴν μάλιστα τρέφουσαν τοὺς ἵππους ἣν μηδίκην καλοῦμεν.”

Mēdia: a region lying adjacent to the Caspian Gates. Hekataios in his *Asia*. [So called] from Mēdos, son of Mēdeia. The ethnic is Mēdos, in the same form as the primary name; and the feminine is Mēdis; also *Mēdikos*; and they are also called Mēdeioi. ‘Mēdic juice’ (Mēdikos opos), ‘Mēdic herb’ (Mēdikē botanē). Strabo: “The country produces silphion, from which comes the juice called ‘Mēdic’, not falling much short of the Cyrenaic.” And again: “and [it produces] the plant which most of all nourishes horses, which we call ‘Mēdic’.”

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Stephanos

Μηδία, χώρα ταῖς Κασπίαις παρακεκλιμένη πύλαις. Ἑκαταῖος Ἀσίᾳ. ἀπὸ Μήδου υἱοῦ Μηδείας. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μῆδος ὁμοφώνως τῷ πρωτοτύπῳ, καὶ θηλυκὸν Μηδίς, καὶ Μηδικός, καὶ Μήδειοι λέγονται. ὁ Μηδικὸς ὀπός, ἡ Μηδικὴ βοτάνη. Στράβων “φέρει δὲ σίλφιον ἡ χώρα, ἀφ´ ἧς ὁ Μηδικὸς καλούμενος ὀπός, οὐ πολὺ λειπόμενος τοῦ Κυρηναϊκοῦ”. καὶ πάλιν “καὶ τὴν βοτάνην τὴν μάλιστα τρέφουσαν τοὺς ἵππους ἣν μηδίκην καλοῦμεν.”

Herodian

…ον ἢ Γαδειρικόν». Ἑλληνικός, Ἑλλαδικός. Καρικός. Ἡρόδοτος ἐν πρώτῃ (c. 171) «τὸ Καρικὸν ἔθνος δοκιμώτατον». Λιβυστικός «Λιβυστικὰς πλάκας» Λυκόφρων (v. 648), ὅ τινες διὰ τοῦ 'γ' γράφουσι κακῶς. Μηδικός «ὁ Μηδικὸς ὀπός». Στράβων «φέρει δὲ σίλφιον ἡ χώρα, ἀφ´ ἧς ὁ Μηδικὸς καλούμενος ὀπός, οὐ πολὺ λειπόμενος τοῦ Κυρηναϊκοῦ». Πελασγικός «Πελασγικὸν Ἄργος ἔναιον» (Β 681). ἔστι δὲ καὶ ἐν Ἀθήναις τεῖχος «Πελαργικόν» ἤτοι Πελασγικόν ὡς ὁ κωμικὸς δηλοῖ ἐν τοῖς Ὄρνισιν (v. 832). «Ῥωσικὸς σκόπελος». Χαλυβδικός μετὰ τοῦ 'δ'. Λυκόφρων «Χαλυβδικῷ κν…