μεσόδμη
μεσόδμη, ἡ,(δέμω, cf. EM 581.5 ) Att. μεσόμνη IG 22.1668.48 , 53 :—
A). tie-beam, τοῖχοι μεγάρων καλαί τε μεσόδμαι , cf. 19.37 20.354 (expld. by as = μεσόστυλα , by others as τὰ μεταξὺ τῶν δοκῶν διαστήματα, cf. ); κρεμάσαι χρὴ τὸν ἄνθρωπον τῶν ποδῶν πρὸς μεσόδμην Art. 70 ; expld. as τὸ μέγα ξύλον ἀπὸ τοῦ ἑτέρου τοίχου πρὸς τὸν ἕτερον διῆκον ad Hp.l.c.( 18(1).738 ), cf. IGll. cc., SIG 248 N 8 (Delph., iv B. C.), . 13.451
2). box amidships, in which the mast was stepped, ἱστὸν .. κοίλης ἔντοσθε μεσόδμης στῆσαν ἀείραντες . 2.424
3). shelf built between the floor of the gallery and the roof, pl., IG 22.1668.74 , 85 : sg., ib. 78 .
II). μεσόδμα, Lacon. μεσσοδόμα, = γυνή ,