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medized

medized is the simple past and past participle of medize.

Meaning of medize

Verb

medize (third-person singular simple present medizes, present participle medizing, simple past and past participle medized)

  1. (historical, intransitive) 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: Medized

Medized

  1. (participle, past) simple past and past participle of Medize

Questions about medized

What is medized the simple past and past participle of?
Medized is the simple past and past participle of medize.
What part of speech is medized?
Medized is a verb.

Words near medized in the dictionary

  1. medivacing
  2. medivacked
  3. medivacking
  4. medivacs
  5. medize
  6. medized
  7. Medizer
  8. Medizers
  9. medizes
  10. medizing
  11. mediæval

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