Μειδίαν (Meidian)

Μειδίαν is an Ancient Greek form of μειδιάω, meaning “smile”. It is the present active participle vocative singular masculine.

It can also be a form of Μειδίας, “Meidias — a native of Scepsis, and son-in-law of Mania, satrapess of the Midland Aeolis, whom he…”.

It can also be a form of Μείδιος, “Meidius — a river near Abydos on the Hellespont (Thucydides)”. It is the accusative singular feminine noun or adjective.

Found 28 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Plutarch, Demosthenes 12.2: … δʼ οὐ φαῦλον οὐδὲ τῆς αὐτοῦ δυνάμεως ἔργον ἄνδρα καὶ πλούτῳ καὶ λόγῳ καὶ φίλοις εὖ πεφραγμένον καθελεῖν, τὸν Μειδίαν, ἐνέδωκε τοῖς ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ δεομένοις.

Plato, Parmenides 130: … θαι τόν τε Παρμενίδην καὶ τὸν Ζήνωνα, τοὺς δὲ πάνυ τε αὐτῷ προσέχειν τὸν νοῦν καὶ θαμὰ εἰς ἀλλήλους βλέποντας μειδιᾶν ὡς ἀγαμένους τὸν Σωκράτη. ὅπερ οὖν καὶ παυσαμένου αὐτοῦ εἰπεῖν τὸν Παρμενίδην· ὦ Σώκρατες, φάναι, ὡς ἄξιος εἶ …

All forms of μειδιάω (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.