A.the Median affairs, esp. the war with the Medes, the name given by Gr. historians to the great Persian war, Th.1.14, Arist.Pol.1303b33, etc.; “ὁ Μ. πόλεμος” Th.1.90,95; Μ. ἐσθής, i.e. silken garments, Procop.Pers.1.20: Comp. “τὰ-ώτερα” Philostr.VA1.25. Adv. Comp. -ώτερον, κατεσκευασμένος ib.3.26.
II. Μηδικὴ πόα, lucerne, Medicago sativa, Ar.Eq. 606; M. alone, Thphr.HP8.7.7, Dsc.2.147 (by some written μηδίκη, Hdn.Gr.1.316, Eust.1967.27, cf. D.S.3.43 codd.).