Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In Greek history, to be unduly partial to the Medes or Persians or to imitate them; be unpatriotically or disloyally subservient to the Persians.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb intransitive, historical To side with the
Medes (Persians ); to be loyal toMedia rather than toGreece .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
From the Ancient Greek verb Μηδίζω ("side with the Medes"), corresponding to Mede + -ize.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word medize.
Examples
-
The word was coined during the wars with Philip, on the analogy of 'medize' -- the term used of the action of the traitors who supported the invading Persians (Medes) early in the fifth century.
The Public Orations of Demosthenes, volume 2 384 BC-322 BC Demosthenes 1912
-
All Persia's gold, all the great king's Satrapies could not medize my Lysander.
Pausanias, the Spartan The Haunted and the Haunters, an Unfinished Historical Romance Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.