medise
medise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of medize.
Meaning of medize
Verb
medize (third-person singular simple present medizes, present participle medizing, simple past and past participle medized)
- To side with the Persians; to be loyal to the Persian Empire rather than Greeks.
- It is sometimes said that in giving unfavourable or ambiguous responses to Athens, Delphi was medizing. But surely this view is wide of the mark. What could Delphi possibly hope to gain by siding with the Persians? If Delphi was in fact medizing, why did the Persians attempt to take it and to...1979, Hypomnemata: Untersuchungen zur Antike und ihrem Nachleben, Heft 55, Servants of the Gods: A Study in the Religion, History and Literature of Fifth-century Athens, page 74
Verb capitalized: Medise
Medise (third-person singular simple present Medises, present participle Medising, simple past and past participle Medised)
- Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of medize.
Forms of medise
| third-person singular present | medises |
|---|---|
| present participle | medising |
| past participle | medised |
| past | medised |
| third-person singular present | Medises |
| present participle | Medising |
| past participle | Medised |
| past | Medised |
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