Μηδ-ικός,ή,όν,Median:τὰ Μηδικά(sc.πράγματα)
A. the Median affairs, esp.the war with the Medes, the name given by Gr. historians to the great Persian war, Th. 1.14 , Arist. Pol. 1303b33 , etc.; ὁ Μ. πόλεμος
Th. 1.90
, 95 ;Μ. ἐσθής, i.e.silkengarments, Procop. Pers. 1.20 : Comp.
τὰ-ώτερα
Philostr. VA 1.25
.Adv.
Comp. -ώτερον , κατεσκευασμένοςib. 3.26 .
II. Μηδικὴ πόα,lucerne, Medicago sativa, Ar. Eq. 606 ; M. alone, Thphr. HP 8.7.7 , Dsc. 2.147 (by some writtenμηδίκη, Hdn.Gr. 1.316 , Eust. 1967.27 , cf. D.S. 3.43 codd.).
2. μηδική,ἡ,
= ἑλένιον , Dsc. 1.28 , Plin. HN 14.108 .
III. μῆλον Μηδικόν, v. μῆλον (B).
IV. ὀπὸς Μηδικόςa form of silphium juice, prob.assafoetida, Dsc. 3.80 , Philum. Ven. 3.2 .
V. Μηδικόν,τό , perh. a tombin Persian style, JHS 22.124 .