Meden.

Brit.

/miːd/, U.S.

/mid/

Forms: Old English Mæðas (plural), Old English Mæðe (plural), Old English Medas (plural), Old English Meðas (plural), Middle English– Mede, late Middle English Meed.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Mēdus.

Etymology: < classical Latin Mēdus (usually as plural, Mēdī ) < ancient Greek (Attic and Ionic) Μῆδος (Cypriot ma-to-i Μᾶδοι , plural) < Old Persian Māda inhabitant of Media (see Median n.¹ and adj.¹). Compare Middle French, French Mède native of Media (1422 in the passage translated in quot. a1500).In early attestations, probably after post-classical Latin Medi (plural) in the Vulgate.

A member of an ancient Indo-European people who established an empire in Media, south-west of the Caspian Sea and including most of Persia (now Iran), in the 7th cent. b.c. (Only in plural in early use.) Cf. Median n.¹ 1.the law of the Medes and the Persians: see law n.¹ 1c.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Near East, Middle East, or Asia Minor > native or inhabitant of Iran, Iraq, or the Gulf > [noun]

MedeeOE

Persianc1375

Persec1384

Medianc1400

Lydian1545

Mesopotamian1553

Meccana1618

Ma'dan1792

Omanic1819

Iraqi1824

Yemenite1864

Sumerian1873

Akkadian1908

Yemeni1916

Marsh Arab1917

Medinese1922

Iraqian1923

Kuwaiti1928

Tehrani1939

Qatari1954

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Near East, Middle East, or Asia Minor > native or inhabitant of ancient cities or states > [noun]

MedeeOE

PartheOE

PuniceOE

NineviteOE

Trojanc1330

sodomitea1382

Phoeniciana1387

Macedonianc1400

Parthianc1400

Macedonc1440

Phrygian?1473

Mycenaeanc1487

Tyrian1513

Sidonian?1520

Galatian1526

Canaanite1530

Cananaean1534

Milesian1550

Sogdian1553

Syrophœnician1560

Molossian1563

Hyrcanian1567

Palmyrene1567

Pergamenian1579

Smyrnian1579

Mysian1581

Carthaginian1592

Punican1595

Lycian1598

Smyrnaean1598

Phocaean1600

Gallo-greeks1601

Iberian1601

Minaean1601

Susian1601

Cappadocian1607

Carian1607

Paphlagonian1607

Hamathite1611

Pergamene1612

Byzantiana1620

Gallo-graecians1619

Chalcidian1654

Philadelphiana1680

Xanthian1685

Palmyrenian1697

Isaurian1776

Dardan1813

Byzantine1836

Bœotian1839

Ilian1847

Susianian1874

Libyo-Phœnician1876

Khaldian1882

Mitannian1907

Iconian1911

Petraean1923

Lycaonian1926

eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) (1980) i. xii. 32 Siþþan hæfdon Mæðe onwald ofer Asirie.

OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 2nd Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) xxviii. 254 On ðære ylcan nihte comon medas, and ofslogon þone balthasar, and darius meda, feng to his rice.

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) Dan. vi. 15 The lawe of Medis and Persis is that eche decree whiche the kyng ordeyneth be not leeful for to be chaungid.

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) 1771 (MED) Þe dere Daryus, þe duk of þise Medes.

a1500 tr. A. Chartier Traité de l'Esperance (Rawl.) (1974) 64 The realme of Assiriens also was translatid to the Parseantes and to the Meedes.

1568 Bible (Bishops') Dan. vi. 8 The lawe of the Medes and Persians whiche altereth not.

1632 R. Le Grys tr. Velleius Paterculus Romane Hist. 15 Pharnaces the Mede.

a1727 I. Newton Short. Chron. 1st Memory in Chronol. Anc. Kingdoms Amended (1728) 40 Darius the Mede recoins the Lydian money.

1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. vi. 148 He was drawn in his sacerdotal robes of silk and gold, after the loose flowing fashion of the Medes and Phœnicians.

1847 R. Fortune Three Years' Wanderings China xvi. 299 Their practice is regulated, not so much by caprice and those ‘Mede and Persian’ laws, as by the laws of nature herself.

1911 J. L. Myres Dawn of Hist. iv. 91 We are..concerned..with the intermont plains and upland valleys which sustained the old Medes and Persians.

1930 J. D. Duff tr. M. I. Rostovtzeff Hist. Anc. World (ed. 2) viii. 123 The Iranian tribes of Medes and Mannai..grew stronger by degrees, and their pressure upon Assyria steadily increased.

1969 J. Conway tr. H. Bengtson Greeks & Persians i. 5 Cyaxares the Mede seized the last, ephemeral Assyrian kingdom.

1988 Oxf. Illustr. Encycl. III. 26/1 Nabopolassar..took control of Babylon in 625 bc, and under attack from him and the Medes Assyrian power collapsed.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mede
释义	Meden. Brit. /miːd/, U.S. /mid/ Forms: Old English Mæðas (plural), Old English Mæðe (plural), Old English Medas (plural), Old English Meðas (plural), Middle English– Mede, late Middle English Meed. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Mēdus. Etymology: < classical Latin Mēdus (usually as plural, Mēdī ) < ancient Greek (Attic and Ionic) Μῆδος (Cypriot ma-to-i Μᾶδοι , plural) < Old Persian Māda inhabitant of Media (see Median n.¹ and adj.¹). Compare Middle French, French Mède native of Media (1422 in the passage translated in quot. a1500).In early attestations, probably after post-classical Latin Medi (plural) in the Vulgate. A member of an ancient Indo-European people who established an empire in Media, south-west of the Caspian Sea and including most of Persia (now Iran), in the 7th cent. b.c. (Only in plural in early use.) Cf. Median n.¹ 1.the law of the Medes and the Persians: see law n.¹ 1c. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Near East, Middle East, or Asia Minor > native or inhabitant of Iran, Iraq, or the Gulf > [noun] MedeeOE Persianc1375 Persec1384 Medianc1400 Lydian1545 Mesopotamian1553 Meccana1618 Ma'dan1792 Omanic1819 Iraqi1824 Yemenite1864 Sumerian1873 Akkadian1908 Yemeni1916 Marsh Arab1917 Medinese1922 Iraqian1923 Kuwaiti1928 Tehrani1939 Qatari1954 the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Near East, Middle East, or Asia Minor > native or inhabitant of ancient cities or states > [noun] MedeeOE PartheOE PuniceOE NineviteOE Trojanc1330 sodomitea1382 Phoeniciana1387 Macedonianc1400 Parthianc1400 Macedonc1440 Phrygian?1473 Mycenaeanc1487 Tyrian1513 Sidonian?1520 Galatian1526 Canaanite1530 Cananaean1534 Milesian1550 Sogdian1553 Syrophœnician1560 Molossian1563 Hyrcanian1567 Palmyrene1567 Pergamenian1579 Smyrnian1579 Mysian1581 Carthaginian1592 Punican1595 Lycian1598 Smyrnaean1598 Phocaean1600 Gallo-greeks1601 Iberian1601 Minaean1601 Susian1601 Cappadocian1607 Carian1607 Paphlagonian1607 Hamathite1611 Pergamene1612 Byzantiana1620 Gallo-graecians1619 Chalcidian1654 Philadelphiana1680 Xanthian1685 Palmyrenian1697 Isaurian1776 Dardan1813 Byzantine1836 Bœotian1839 Ilian1847 Susianian1874 Libyo-Phœnician1876 Khaldian1882 Mitannian1907 Iconian1911 Petraean1923 Lycaonian1926 eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) (1980) i. xii. 32 Siþþan hæfdon Mæðe onwald ofer Asirie. OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 2nd Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) xxviii. 254 On ðære ylcan nihte comon medas, and ofslogon þone balthasar, and darius meda, feng to his rice. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) Dan. vi. 15 The lawe of Medis and Persis is that eche decree whiche the kyng ordeyneth be not leeful for to be chaungid. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) 1771 (MED) Þe dere Daryus, þe duk of þise Medes. a1500 tr. A. Chartier Traité de l'Esperance (Rawl.) (1974) 64 The realme of Assiriens also was translatid to the Parseantes and to the Meedes. 1568 Bible (Bishops') Dan. vi. 8 The lawe of the Medes and Persians whiche altereth not. 1632 R. Le Grys tr. Velleius Paterculus Romane Hist. 15 Pharnaces the Mede. a1727 I. Newton Short. Chron. 1st Memory in Chronol. Anc. Kingdoms Amended (1728) 40 Darius the Mede recoins the Lydian money. 1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. vi. 148 He was drawn in his sacerdotal robes of silk and gold, after the loose flowing fashion of the Medes and Phœnicians. 1847 R. Fortune Three Years' Wanderings China xvi. 299 Their practice is regulated, not so much by caprice and those ‘Mede and Persian’ laws, as by the laws of nature herself. 1911 J. L. Myres Dawn of Hist. iv. 91 We are..concerned..with the intermont plains and upland valleys which sustained the old Medes and Persians. 1930 J. D. Duff tr. M. I. Rostovtzeff Hist. Anc. World (ed. 2) viii. 123 The Iranian tribes of Medes and Mannai..grew stronger by degrees, and their pressure upon Assyria steadily increased. 1969 J. Conway tr. H. Bengtson Greeks & Persians i. 5 Cyaxares the Mede seized the last, ephemeral Assyrian kingdom. 1988 Oxf. Illustr. Encycl. III. 26/1 Nabopolassar..took control of Babylon in 625 bc, and under attack from him and the Medes Assyrian power collapsed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † medeadj. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin medius. Etymology: < classical Latin medius (see medium n.). Obsolete. rare. Middle; mean. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > middle > [adjective] middleeOE midmosteOE mid1273 mean1340 middlemosta1400 mediate?1440 moyen1481 median1592 intermedial1599 intermediate1648 mede1706 intermediary1788 1706 A. Bedford Temple Musick vi. 111 The Mede Voice is..a great advantage to the Greeks. 1709 Brit. Apollo 16–18 Nov. It's Mede Length contains..2280 Miles. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < n.eOEadj.1706
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Meden.

† medeadj.