Mēdi, ōrum, m., = Μῆδοι,
I the Medes; poet. also for the Assyrians, Persians, Parthians , Mel. 1, 2, 5; Cic. Off. 2, 12, 41; Hor. C. 1, 2, 51; 2, 16, 6; Luc. 8, 386; Pers. 3, 53.—In sing.: Medusque et Indus, Hor. C. 4, 14, 42: pervigil, Val. Fl. 5, 604.—Hence,
A Mēdus , a, um, adj., Median, Assyrian , etc.: Hydaspes, Verg. G. 4, 211: acinaces, Hor. C. 1, 27, 5: sagittae, Prop. 3, 10 (4, 11), 11: flumen, i. e. doubtless the Euphrates , the most famous river of the remote East; though some understand it to mean the river Medus , a small branch of the Araxes, mentioned by Strabo, Hor. C. 2, 9, 21.—
B Mēdĭa , ae, f., = Μηδία, a country lying between Armenia, Parthia, Hyrcania, and Assyria , the modern Azerbijan, Shirvan, Ghilan , and Mazanderan , Plin. 6, 26, 29, § 114; Verg. G. 2, 126.—
C Mēdĭcus , a, um, adj., Median, Assyrian, Persian , etc.: vestis, Persian , Nep. Paus. 3: rura, Luc. 8, 368: arbor, the orange-tree , Plin. 12, 3, 7, § 15: mala, Assyrian , i. e. oranges, citrons , id. 15, 14, 14, § 47: smaragdi, id. 37, 5, 18, § 71: dea, i. e. Nemesis, a statue of Parian marble , Aus. Ep. 24, 54.
V — Mē-dĭcus , i, m., a surname of the emperor Verus, on account of his victory over the Medes , Capitol. Verr. 7; v. Medica.