μεδέων

A. guardian, ruler, Hom. (only in Il.), always of Zeus, as connected with special places, Ἴδηθεν μεδέων ruling from Ida, Il. 3.276, etc.; Δωδώνης μ. 16.234; also Κυλλήνης μ., of Hermes, h.Merc. 2; Πάν, Ἀρκαδίας μ. Pi. Fr. 95; Ἀπόλλων Τελμεσσοῦ μ. SIG 1044.8 (Halic., iv/iii B. C.); τῷ μεδεῦντι Νείλεω δήμου (i. e. Apollo) Call. Fr. 95; δελφίνων μ., of Poseidon, Ar. Eq. 560 (lyr.); σοὶ τῷ πάντων μ. E. Fr. 912.1 (anap.): c. dat. loci, Pi. O. 7.88; μ. καὶ χθονὶ καὶ πελάγει AP 6.30 (Maced.): generally, ruler, ἡμετέρῳ μεδέοντι Call. Jov. 86.

2. fem. μεδέουσα, guardian goddess, of Aphrodite, Σαλαμῖνος μεδέουσα h.Hom. 10.4; of Mnemosyne, Ἐλευθῆρος μεδέουσα Hes. Th. 54; of Pallas, τῆς ἱερωτάτης μεδέουσα χώρας (Attica) Ar. Eq. 585 (lyr.), cf. 763; νεὼς Ἀθηναίας τῆς Ἀθηνῶν μεδεούσης prob. in IG 12(1).977.10 (Carpathos, iv B. C.), cf. Supp.Epigr. 1.375,376 (Samos), 3.3.5 (Athens), Plu. Them. 10: generally, [Ἑλένη] μ. θαλάσσης E. Or. 1690 (anap.); τόξων μ. Ἄρτεμιν Id. Hipp. 167 (lyr.). —Aeol. participial form μέδεις (as if from μέδημι), Alc. 5 (wrongly expld. as 2 sg. ind. by Apion ap.A.D. Synt. 92.7); other forms in late poets, μεδέουσι Q.S. 5.525; μεδέεις Epigr.Gr. 975; μεδέοιεν IG 14.1363.10.