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medizes

medizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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: Medizes

Medizes

  1. (indicative, present, singular, third-person) third-person singular simple present indicative of Medize

Questions about medizes

What is medizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Medizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of medize.
What part of speech is medizes?
Medizes is a verb.

Words near medizes in the dictionary

  1. medivacs
  2. medize
  3. medized
  4. Medizer
  5. Medizers
  6. medizes
  7. medizing
  8. mediæval
  9. Mediæval Greek
  10. mediævaldom
  11. mediævalist

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