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Medize

verb

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek verb μηδίζω (mēdízō, literally “side with the Medes”), corresponding to Mede + -ize.

  1. derived from Μῆδος
  2. derived from Medus
  3. suffixed as medize — “Mede + ize”

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of medize.

  2. To side with the Persians

    To side with the Persians; to be loyal to the Persian Empire rather than Greeks.

    • There would also have been the problems of deciding in each particular case whether the medizing had been voluntary or done under duress, and within each community whether all had been guilty or only some dominant group.

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