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μέσος
μέσος, η, ον, also Arc. (v. ἰμέσος, μεσακόθεν); Ep. μέσσος (also Aeol., Sapph. 1.12 , IG 11(4).1064b32 , and Lyr., Pi. P. 4.224 , and sts. in Trag., E. HF 403 (lyr.), S. OC 1247 (lyr.), Tr. 635 (lyr.), Ant. 1223 , 1236 , Fr. 255.5 ), Boeot., Cret. μέττος, IG 7.2420.20 (iii B. C.), GDI 5000 ii
A). b 2 (v B. C.):—middle, in the middle,
I). of Space, esp. with Nouns, of the middle point or part, μ. σάκος Il. 7.258 ; ἱστίον 1.481 ; οὐρανός zenith, Od. 4.400 ; μ. ἀπήνης from mid chariot, S. OT 812 ; ἐν αἰθέρι μ. in mid-air, Id. Ant. 416 ; μ. μετώπῳ in the middle of the forehead, PRyl. 128.30 (i A. D.): in Prose freq. preceding the Art., κατὰ μέσον τὸν σταθμόν X. An. 1.7.14 ; ἐν μ. τῇ χώρᾳ ib. 2.1.11 ; ἐκ μ. τῆς νήσου, κατὰ μ. τὴν νῆσον, Pl. Criti. 113d , 119d ; ἐπὶ μέσου τοῦ τμάματος at the middle point of the segment, Archim. Aequil. 1.6 ; ἁ ἐπὶ μέσαν τὰν βάσιν ἀγομένα (sc. εὐθεῖα) ib. 12 : sts. following the Noun, ἐν τῇ ἀγορᾷ μέσῃ D. 29.12 : less freq. midmost, central, of three or more objects, μ. ὁδός Thgn. 220 , 331 ; ὁ μ. [δάκτυλος] Pl. R. 523c ; τὸ μ. στῖφος the central division of the army, X. An. 1.8.13 ; μέσον,, centre, ἡ ἐπὶ τὸ μ. φορά Iamb. Protr. 21 .
b). with a Verb, ἔχεται μ. by the middle, by the waist, prov. from the wrestling-ring, Ar. Eq. 387 (lyr.), cf. Ach. 571 (lyr.), Nu. 1047 , Ra. 469 ; μέσην λαβόντα Id. Ach. 274 , cf. Hdt. 9.107 , D. 53.17 ; ὁ πέπλος ἐρράγη μ. Philippid. 25.5 .
c). c. gen., midway between, ἑνὸς καὶ πλήθους τὸ ὀλίγον μ. Pl. Plt. 303a (also μ. ἐπ’ ἀμφότερα, ibid.):— S. has μέσος ἀπὸ [τοῦ κρατῆρος] τοῦ τε πέτρου OC 1595 .
2). of Time, Hom. only in phrase μέσον ἦμαρ midday, Il. 21.111 , Od. 7.288 , Pi. P. 9.113 ; μέσαι νύκτες Sapph. 52 , Hdt. 4.181 , X. An. 7.8.12 , etc.; θέρευς ἔτι μέσσου ἐόντος Hes. Op. 502 ; χειμῶνος μέσου Ar. Fr. 569.1 ; μ. ἡμέρα Hdn. 8.5.9 ; μ. ἡλικία middle age, Pl. Ep. 316c : so μέσοι τὴν ἡλικίαν E. Ep. 5 ; μέσος ἀκμῆς v.l. in Theoc. 25.164 .
3). metaph., impartial, Th. 4.83 , PLond. 1.113(1).27 (vi A.D.).
b). inter-mediate, freq. c. gen., μ. τις γέγονα χρηματιστὴς τοῦ τε πάππου καὶ τοῦ πατρός Pl. R. 330b ; ψιλὸν μὲν τὸ π’, δασὺ δὲ τὸ φ’, μέσον δὲ ἀμφοῖν τὸ β’ D.H. Comp. 14 (v. infr. d); ἡ τρίτη καὶ μ. τῶν εἰρημένων δυεῖν ἁρμονιῶν ib. 24 ; ὁ μ. χαρακτήρ ib. 21 ; indeterminate, Luc. Par. 28 ; τὰ μ. things indifferent (neither good nor bad), Stoic. 3.135 , al.; of words such as τύχη, EM 626.38 ; ζῴδια (neither lucky nor unlucky) Vett.Val. 93.9 ; μ. δίαιτα Diocl.Fr. 141 , cf. Sor. 1.46 .
c). Gramm., of Verbs, middle, Eust. 1846.30 , etc.; μ. διάθεσις, σχήματα, A.D. Synt. 226.10 , 210.18 ; μ. ἐνεστώς present middle, ib. 278.25 .
d). Gramm., of consonants, Lat. mediae, i. e. β’γ’δ’, D.T. 631.23 : but also of semi-vowels, Pl. Phlb. 18c : of accent, ὀξύτητι καὶ βαρύτητι καὶ τῷ μέσῳ, i. e. the circumflex, Arist. Po. 1456b33 .
II). middling, moderate,
1). of size, μέσοι ὀφθαλμοί, ὦτα, γλῶττα, Id. HA 492a8 , 33 , b31 ; μ. μεγέθει ib. 496a21 , PPetr. 1p.37 (iii B. C.); μ. alone, of middle height, PGrenf. 2.23 (a) ii 3 (ii B. C.), POxy. 73.13 (i A. D.), etc.
2). of class or quality, πάντων μέσ’ ἄριστα Thgn. 335 ; παντὶ μέσῳ τὸ κράτος θεὸς ὤπασεν A. Eu. 529 (lyr.); μ. ἐν πόλει Phoc. 12 ; μ. ἀνήρ a man of middle rank, Hdt. 1.107 ; μ. πολίτης Th. 6.54 ; τὰ μ. τῶν πολιτῶν Id. 3.82 (so τῶν ἀνὰ πόλιν τὰ μ. Pi. P. 11.52 ); οἱ μ., between οἱ εὔποροι and οἱ ἄποροι, Arist. Pol. 1289b31 , 1295b3 ; οἱ μ. πολῖται ib. 1296a19 ; τὸ μ. ib. 1295b37 ; μ. [πολιτεία] ib. 1296a7 ; ὁ μ. βίος Luc. Luct. 9 ; mediocre, Pl. Prt. 346d ; τῶν ἑταιρῶν αἱ μ. Theopomp. Com. 21 . Adv. μέσως, ἱκανόν fairly adequate, Phld. Rh. 2.4S.
III). μέσον,, midst, intervening space, mostly with Preps.,
a). ἐν μέσσῳ, = ἐν μεταιχμίῳ , Il. 3.69 , 90 ; ἐν τῷ μ. in the midst, Ev.Matt. 14.6 ; ἡ ’ν μέσῳ [μοῖρα] σῴζει πόλεις the middle class, E. Supp. 244 : without ἐν, ἔμβαλε μέσσῳ Il. 4.444 ; ἔνθορε μέσσῳ 21.233 ; μέσσῳ ἀμφοτέρων 3.416 , 7.277 ; τῶνδέ τ’ ἐν μ. πεσεῖν E. Ph. 583 ; ἐν μ. λόγους ἔχειν Id. Hel. 630 ; μῆκος ἐν μ. χρόνου A. Supp. 735 ; χρόνος οὑν μ. E. Ph. 589 (troch.); τὰ ἐν μ. what went between, S. OC 583 ; οἱ ἐν μ. λόγοι the intervening words, Id. El. 1364 , E. Med. 819 ; κλίνης ἐν μ. Id. Hec. 1150 ; ἐν μ. ἡμῶν καὶ βασιλέως between us and him, X. An. 2.2.3 ; σοφίας καὶ ἀμαθίας ἐν μ. Pl. Smp. 203e ; ἐν μ. νυκτῶν at midnight, X. Cyr. 5.3.52 ; ἆθλα κείμεν’ ἐν μέσῳ offered for competition (cf. infr. b), D. 4.5 , cf. Thgn. 994 , X. An. 3.1.21 ; ἡ τιμὴ ἐν τῷ μέσῳ ἔστω deposited with the court, Herod. 2.90 : without ἐν, καὶ μέσῳ πάντες καὶ χωρὶς ἕκαστος both collectively and severally, IG 12(5).872.27 , 31 , 38 , al. (Tenos): in pl., κεῖτο δ’ ἄρ’ ἐν μέσσοισι Il. 18.507 ; ἐν μέσοισ’ Xenoph. 1.7 ; ἐν μέσῳ εἶναι τοῦ συμμεῖξαι to stand in the way of .. , X. Cyr. 5.2.26 ; ἡ γὰρ θάλαττα ἐν τῷ μ. is an obstacle, Id. Ath. 2.2 ; οὐδεὶς ἐν μέσσῳ γείτων πέλεν Theoc. 21.17 ; οὐδὲν ἂν ἦν ἐν μ. πολεμεῖν ἡμᾶς D. 23.183 ; cf. ἰμέσος.
b). ἐς μέσον, ἐς μ. ἀμφοτέρων, freq. in Hom. for ἐς μεταίχμιον, Il. 4.79 , 6.120 ; ἀνδρὶ δὲ νικηθέντι γυναῖκ’ ἐς μέσσον ἔθηκε deposited her as a prize (cf. supr. a), 23.704 ; ἐς μ. δεικνύναι τινί τι Pi. Fr. 42.3 ; ἐς μ. ἵεσθαι, ἐλθεῖν, παρελθεῖν, S. Tr. 514 (lyr.), Theoc. 22.183 , Plu. Agis 9 ; ἐς μέσον ἀμφοτέροισι .. δικάσσατε Il. 23.574 ; ἐς τὸ μ. φέρειν bring forward publicly, Hdt. 4.97 , D. 18.139 ; ἐς τὸ μ. λέγεσθαι Hdt. 6.129 ; ἐς μ. Πέρσῃσι καταθεῖναι τὰ πρήγματα to give up the power in common to all, Id. 3.80 ; ἐς μ. τὴν ἀρχὴν τιθεὶς ἰσονομίην ὑμῖν προαγορεύω ib. 142 .
c). ἐκ τοῦ μέσου away, ἐκ μ. ἀνελεῖν D. 10.36 , 18.294 ;[ χειρόγραφον] ἦρκεν ἐκ τοῦ μ. Ep.Col. 2.14 , cf. Arr. Epict. 3.3.15 ; also ἐκ μ. a half, ἔτη ὀκτὼ καὶ ἔνατον ἐκ μ. Th. 4.133 ; also ἐκ μ. κατῆστο remained in the middle, i. e. neutral (cf. ἐκ 1.6 fin.), Hdt. 3.83 , cf. 4.118 , 8.22 , 73 .
d). διὰ μέσου between, τὸ διὰ μ. ἔθνος Id. 1.104 ; διὰ μ. ποιεῖσθαι X. Cyr. 6.3.3 ; διὰ μ. γενέσθαι intervene, of an event, Th. 4.20 : c. gen., διὰ μέσου τῆς πόλεως ῥεῖ ποταμός X. An. 1.2.23 ; διὰ μ. ῥεῖ τούτων ποταμός ib. 1.4.4 , etc.; τὸ τούτων διὰ μ. Pl. Lg. 805e ; also οἱ διὰ μέσου the middle party, the moderates, Th. 8.75 , X. HG 5.4.25 ; τὸ διὰ μ. the middle class, Arist. Pol. 1296a8 ; of Time, ὁ διὰ μ. χρόνος Hdt. 9.112 ; ἡ διὰ μ. ξύμβασις an interim agreement, Th. 5.26 ; διὰ μέσου, as a figure of speech, use of parenthesis, Hdn. Fig. p.95S.
e). ἀν (ὀν) τὸ μ. in the midst, Alc. 18.3 , Xenoph. 1.11 , Thgn. 839 ; ἀνὰ μέσον midway between, Arist. HA 496a22 , Antiph. 13 , Theoc. 22.21 , etc.; ἀνὰ μ. τοῦ ναοῦ καὶ τοῦ βωμοῦ GDI 2010 (Delph.), cf. PTeb. 13.9 (ii B. C.), al.; θρὶξ ἀνὰ μέσσον Theoc. 14.9 ; ἀνὰ μέσσα Nic. Th. 167 ; also ἀνὰ μέσον φέρε, = μετρίως , Men. 531.18 .
f). κατὰ μέσσον, = ἐν μέσῳ , Il. 5.8 , 16.285 , etc.: c. gen., κὰδ δὲ μέσον τάφρου καὶ τείχεος ἷζον between, 9.87 .
2). μέσον,, difference, τὸ μ. πρὸς τὰς μεγίστας καὶ ἐλαχίστας the average between .. , Th. 1.10 ; πολλὸν τὸ μ., πολὺ τὸ μ., the difference is great, Hdt. 1.126 , E. Alc. 914 (anap.); τὸ μ. οὐδὲν τῆς ἔχθρης ἐστί there is no middle course for our enmity, Hdt. 7.11 .
3). middle state, mean, τὸ μ. καὶ τὸ εὖ Arist. EN 1109b26 ; ποιήματα μέσα, opp. ὀγκώδη, in the (correct) mean, Phld. Po. 5.5 . Adv.-ως , ἀναστρέφεσθαι Id. Rh. 1.155S.
4). in Logic, τὸ μ. the middle term of a syllogism, opp. τὰ ἄκρα, Arist. APr. 66a30 ; also ὁ μ. (sc. ὅρος) ib. 25b33 .
5). Math., middle terms in a proportion, Euc. 6.16 ; μέση, or μέση (μέσος) ἀνάλογον a mean proportional (straight line or number), ib. 13 , 17 , 8.11 , 12 , al.; μέσης εὕρεσις Arist. de An. 413a19 , Metaph. 996b21 ; μέση medial, a specific kind of irrational (straight line), Euc. 10.21 , al.; μέσον ὀρθογώνιον (χωρίον) medial rectangle (area), ib. 24 , al.
6). Astron., ὁ διὰ μέσων τῶν ζῳδίων κύκλος the ecliptic, Hipparch. 1.9.3 , 4 , Gem. 2.21 , Ptol. Alm. 2.7 : without κύκλος, Eudox. ap. Arist. Metaph. 1073b20 , Hipparch. 1.9.12 ; simply, ὁ διὰ μέσων D.L. 7.146 ; but, ὁ μέσος [κύκλος] the equator of a rotating sphere, Arist. Metaph. 1073b30 .
7). μέσα, = μέζεα , Blaes. p.191 K.
b). = κοιλία 1.3 , Herod.Med. ap. Orib. 5.27.3 , Gal. 14.732 : sg., Heph.Astr. 1.1 ( v.l. τὰ μέσα Cat.Cod.Astr. 8(2).45 ).
8). Μέσον,, one of the law-courts at Athens, Phot., Sch. Ar. V. 120 .
9). οὐ τοῖς μέσοις τῆς βίας χρωμένη no ordinary force, Hierocl. p.15 A.
IV). μέση,, as Subst., v. μέση .
V). Adv. μέσον, Ep. μέσσον, in the middle, Il. 12.167 , Od. 14.300 : c. gen., between, οὐρανοῦ μ. χθονός <τε> E. Or. 983 (lyr.), cf. Arr. Epict. 2.22.10 ; in the midst of, μ. τῆς θαλάσσης LXX Ex. 14.27 ; μ. γενεᾶς σκολιᾶς Ep.Phil. 2.15 : also in pl., μέσα αἰετὸς οὐρανοῦ ποτᾶται E. Rh. 530 (lyr.), cf. Nic. Fr. 74.26 .
2). regul. Adv. μέσως, πόλεώς τ’ οὐ μ. εὐδαίμονος E. Andr. 873 , cf. Hec. 1113 , Isoc. 9.23 ; καὶ μ. even in a moderate degree, even a little, Th. 2.60 ; μ. ἔχειν πρός or περί τι to be in the mean .. , Arist. EN 1105b28 , 1119a11 ; θερμότερον ἢ κραυρότερον ἢ μ. ἔχον Eub. 7.1 , cf. Sosip. 1.53 ; μ. βεβιωκέναι in a middle way, i. e. neither well nor ill, Pl. Phd. 113d ; μ. μεθύων Men. 226 ; μ. διατιθέναι in an intermediate way, D.H. Comp. 14 .
b). Gramm., in the middle voice, A.D. Synt. 276.21 .
VI). irreg. Comp. μεσαίτερος Pl. Prm. 165b : Sup. μεσαίτατος Hdt. 4.17 , Arist. Mu. 392b33 , Gem. 9.3 , etc.; poet. μεσσότατος A.R. 4.649 , Man. 6.373 . (Cf. Skt.mádhyas 'middle', Lat. medius, etc.)


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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">μέσος</span>, <span class="itype greek">η</span>, <span class="itype greek">ον</span>, also <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arc.</span> </span> (v. <span class="foreign greek">ἰμέσος, μεσακόθεν</span>); Ep. <span class="orth greek">μέσσος</span> (also Aeol., <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sapph.</span> 1.12 </span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 11(4).1064b32 </span>, and Lyr., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4:224" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4.224/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 4.224 </a>, and sts. in Trag., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg009.perseus-grc1:403" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg009.perseus-grc1:403/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HF</span> 403 </a> (lyr.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1247" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1247/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OC</span> 1247 </a> (lyr.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:635" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:635/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 635 </a> (lyr.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1223" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1223/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ant.</span> 1223 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1236" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1236/canonical-url/"> 1236 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:255:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:255.5/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 255.5 </a>), Boeot., Cret. <span class="orth greek">μέττος</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 7.2420.20 </span> (iii B. C.), <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">GDI</span> 5000 </span> ii <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">b</span> <span class="bibl"> 2 </span> (v B. C.):—<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">middle, in the middle</span>, </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>I).</strong></span> of Space, esp. with Nouns, of the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">middle</span> point or part, <span class="quote greek">μ. σάκος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:258" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:7.258/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 7.258 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἱστίον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:481" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.481/canonical-url/"> 1.481 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">οὐρανός</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">zenith</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4:400" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:4.400/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 4.400 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">μ. ἀπήνης</span> from <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">mid</span> chariot, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:812" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:812/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 812 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἐν αἰθέρι μ.</span> in <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">mid</span>-air, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:416" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:416/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ant.</span> 416 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">μ. μετώπῳ</span> in the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">middle</span> of the forehead, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PRyl.</span> 128.30 </span> (i A. D.): in Prose freq. preceding the Art., <span class="quote greek">κατὰ μέσον τὸν σταθμόν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1:7:14" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1:7:14/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">An.</span> 1.7.14 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἐν μ. τῇ χώρᾳ</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:2:1:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:2:1:11/canonical-url/"> 2.1.11 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἐκ μ. τῆς νήσου, κατὰ μ. τὴν νῆσον</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg032:113d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg032:113d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Criti.</span> 113d </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg032:119d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg032:119d/canonical-url/"> 119d </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἐπὶ μέσου τοῦ τμάματος</span> at the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">middle point</span> of the segment, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0552.tlg005:1:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0552.tlg005:1.6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Archim.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aequil.</span> 1.6 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἁ ἐπὶ μέσαν τὰν βάσιν ἀγομένα</span> (sc. <span class="foreign greek">εὐθεῖα</span>) ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0552.tlg005:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0552.tlg005:12/canonical-url/"> 12 </a>: sts. following the Noun, <span class="quote greek">ἐν τῇ ἀγορᾷ μέσῃ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg029.perseus-grc1:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg029.perseus-grc1:12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 29.12 </a> : less freq. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">midmost, central</span>, of three or more objects, <span class="quote greek">μ. ὁδός</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thgn.</span> 220 </span> , <span class="bibl"> 331 </span>; <span class="foreign greek">ὁ μ. [δάκτυλος</span>] <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:523c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:523c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 523c </a>; <span class="foreign greek">τὸ μ. στῖφος</span> the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">central</span> division of the army, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1:8:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1:8:13/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">An.</span> 1.8.13 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">μέσον,</span>, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">centre</span>, <span class="quote greek">ἡ ἐπὶ τὸ μ. φορά</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2023.tlg002:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2023.tlg002:21/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Iamb.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Protr.</span> 21 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> with a Verb, <span class="foreign greek">ἔχεται μ.</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">by the middle, by the waist</span>, prov. from the wrestling-ring, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:387" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:387/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eq.</span> 387 </a> (lyr.), cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc1:571" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc1:571/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ach.</span> 571 </a> (lyr.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1047" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1047/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nu.</span> 1047 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:469" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:469/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ra.</span> 469 </a>; <span class="quote greek">μέσην λαβόντα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc1:274" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc1:274/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ach.</span> 274 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:107" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9.107/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 9.107 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg053.perseus-grc1:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg053.perseus-grc1:17/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 53.17 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ὁ πέπλος ἐρράγη μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0490.tlg001:25:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0490.tlg001:25.5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Philippid.</span> 25.5 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>c).</strong></span> c. gen., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">midway between</span>, <span class="quote greek">ἑνὸς καὶ πλήθους τὸ ὀλίγον μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg008.perseus-grc1:303a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg008.perseus-grc1:303a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Plt.</span> 303a </a> (also <span class="foreign greek">μ. ἐπ’ ἀμφότερα</span>, ibid.):—<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> </span> has <span class="quote greek">μέσος ἀπὸ [τοῦ κρατῆρος] τοῦ τε πέτρου</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1595" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1595/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OC</span> 1595 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> of Time, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span> </span> only in phrase <span class="foreign greek">μέσον ἦμαρ</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">mid</span>day, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:21:111" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:21.111/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 21.111 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:7:288" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:7.288/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 7.288 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:9:113" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:9.113/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 9.113 </a>; <span class="quote greek">μέσαι νύκτες</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sapph.</span> 52 </span> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:181" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.181/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 4.181 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:7:8:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:7:8:12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">An.</span> 7.8.12 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">θέρευς ἔτι μέσσου ἐόντος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:502" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:502/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Op.</span> 502 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">χειμῶνος μέσου</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg012:569:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg012:569.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 569.1 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μ. ἡμέρα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0015.tlg001:8:5:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0015.tlg001:8:5:9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdn.</span> 8.5.9 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">μ. ἡλικία</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">middle</span> age, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg036.perseus-grc1:316c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg036.perseus-grc1:316c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ep.</span> 316c </a>: so <span class="quote greek">μέσοι τὴν ἡλικίαν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1367.tlg001:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1367.tlg001:5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ep.</span> 5 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">μέσος ἀκμῆς</span> v.l. in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:25:164" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:25.164/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theoc.</span> 25.164 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> metaph., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">impartial</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:83" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.83/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 4.83 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PLond.</span> 1.113(1).27 </span> (vi A.D.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">inter-mediate</span>, freq. c. gen., <span class="quote greek">μ. τις γέγονα χρηματιστὴς τοῦ τε πάππου καὶ τοῦ πατρός</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:330b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:330b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 330b </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ψιλὸν μὲν τὸ π’, δασὺ δὲ τὸ φ’, μέσον δὲ ἀμφοῖν τὸ β’</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg012:14" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg012:14/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.H.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Comp.</span> 14 </a> (v. infr. d); <span class="foreign greek">ἡ τρίτη καὶ μ. τῶν εἰρημένων δυεῖν ἁρμονιῶν</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg012:24" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg012:24/canonical-url/"> 24 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ὁ μ. χαρακτήρ</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg012:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg012:21/canonical-url/"> 21 </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">indeterminate</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg030:28" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg030:28/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Par.</span> 28 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">τὰ μ.</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">things indifferent</span> (neither good nor bad), <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Stoic.</span> 3.135 </span>, al.; of words such as <span class="foreign greek">τύχη</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4099.tlg001:626:38" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4099.tlg001:626.38/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">EM</span> 626.38 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ζῴδια</span> (neither lucky nor unlucky) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1764.tlg001:93:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1764.tlg001:93.9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Vett.Val.</span> 93.9 </a>; <span class="quote greek">μ. δίαιτα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0664.tlg001:141" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0664.tlg001:141/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Diocl.Fr.</span> 141 </a> , cf.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0565.tlg001:1:46" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0565.tlg001:1.46/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sor.</span> 1.46 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>c).</strong></span> Gramm., of Verbs, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">middle</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4083.tlg001:1846:30" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4083.tlg001:1846.30/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Eust.</span> 1846.30 </a>, etc.; <span class="foreign greek">μ. διάθεσις, σχήματα</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0082.tlg004:226:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0082.tlg004:226.10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.D.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Synt.</span> 226.10 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0082.tlg004:210:18" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0082.tlg004:210.18/canonical-url/"> 210.18 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">μ. ἐνεστώς</span> present <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">middle</span>, ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0082.tlg004:278:25" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0082.tlg004:278.25/canonical-url/"> 278.25 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>d).</strong></span> Gramm., of consonants, Lat. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">mediae</span>, i. e. <span class="itype greek">β’γ’δ’</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0063.tlg001:631:23" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0063.tlg001:631.23/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.T.</span> 631.23 </a>: but also of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">semi-vowels</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg010:18c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg010:18c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phlb.</span> 18c </a>: of accent, <span class="foreign greek">ὀξύτητι καὶ βαρύτητι καὶ τῷ μέσῳ</span>, i. e. the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">circumflex</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg034.perseus-grc1:1456b:33" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg034.perseus-grc1:1456b.33/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Po.</span> 1456b33 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">middling, moderate</span>, </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>1).</strong></span> of size, <span class="foreign greek">μέσοι ὀφθαλμοί, ὦτα, γλῶττα</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:492a:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:492a.8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 492a8 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:33" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:33/canonical-url/"> 33 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:b31" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:b31/canonical-url/"> b31 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">μ. μεγέθει</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:496a:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:496a.21/canonical-url/"> 496a21 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PPetr.</span> 1p.37 </span> (iii B. C.); <span class="foreign greek">μ.</span> alone, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">of middle height,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">PGrenf.</span> 2.23 </span>(<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">a</span>)<span class="bibl"> ii 3 </span> (ii B. C.), <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">POxy.</span> 73.13 </span> (i A. D.), etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> of class or quality, <span class="quote greek">πάντων μέσ’ ἄριστα</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thgn.</span> 335 </span> ; <span class="quote greek">παντὶ μέσῳ τὸ κράτος θεὸς ὤπασεν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:529" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:529/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eu.</span> 529 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">μ. ἐν πόλει</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1604.tlg001:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1604.tlg001:12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phoc.</span> 12 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">μ. ἀνήρ</span> a man <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">of middle rank</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:107" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.107/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.107 </a>; <span class="quote greek">μ. πολίτης</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:54" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.54/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 6.54 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τὰ μ. τῶν πολιτῶν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:82" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.82/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 3.82 </a> (so <span class="quote greek">τῶν ἀνὰ πόλιν τὰ μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:11:52" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:11.52/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 11.52 </a> ); <span class="foreign greek">οἱ μ.</span>, between <span class="foreign greek">οἱ εὔποροι</span> and <span class="foreign greek">οἱ ἄποροι</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1289b:31" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1289b.31/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pol.</span> 1289b31 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1295b:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1295b.3/canonical-url/"> 1295b3 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">οἱ μ. πολῖται</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1296a:19" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1296a.19/canonical-url/"> 1296a19 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">τὸ μ.</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1295b:37" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1295b.37/canonical-url/"> 1295b37 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">μ. [πολιτεία</span>] ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1296a:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1296a.7/canonical-url/"> 1296a7 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ὁ μ. βίος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg036:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg036:9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Luct.</span> 9 </a> ; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">mediocre</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg022:346d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg022:346d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Prt.</span> 346d </a>; <span class="foreign greek">τῶν ἑταιρῶν αἱ μ.</span> Theopomp. Com.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg022:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg022:21/canonical-url/"> 21 </a>. Adv. <span class="foreign greek">μέσως, ἱκανόν</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">fairly</span> adequate, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phld.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Rh.</span> 2.4S. </span> </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">μέσον,</span>, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">midst, intervening space</span>, mostly with Preps., </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>a).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">ἐν μέσσῳ,</span> = <span class="ref greek">ἐν μεταιχμίῳ</span> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:69" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:3.69/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 3.69 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:90" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:90/canonical-url/"> 90 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἐν τῷ μ.</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">in the midst,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ev.Matt.</span> 14.6 </span> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἡ ’ν μέσῳ [μοῖρα] σῴζει πόλεις</span> the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">middle</span> class, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg008.perseus-grc1:244" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg008.perseus-grc1:244/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 244 </a>: without <span class="quote greek">ἐν, ἔμβαλε μέσσῳ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:444" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.444/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 4.444 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἔνθορε μέσσῳ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:21:233" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:21.233/canonical-url/"> 21.233 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μέσσῳ ἀμφοτέρων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:416" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:3.416/canonical-url/"> 3.416 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:277" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:7.277/canonical-url/"> 7.277 </a>; <span class="quote greek">τῶνδέ τ’ ἐν μ. πεσεῖν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg015.perseus-grc1:583" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg015.perseus-grc1:583/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 583 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἐν μ. λόγους ἔχειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg014.perseus-grc1:630" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg014.perseus-grc1:630/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hel.</span> 630 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μῆκος ἐν μ. χρόνου</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:735" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:735/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 735 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">χρόνος οὑν μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg015.perseus-grc1:589" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg015.perseus-grc1:589/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 589 </a> (troch.); <span class="foreign greek">τὰ ἐν μ.</span> what <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">went between</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:583" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:583/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OC</span> 583 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">οἱ ἐν μ. λόγοι</span> the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">intervening</span> words, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1364" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1364/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 1364 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:819" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:819/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Med.</span> 819 </a>; <span class="quote greek">κλίνης ἐν μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1150" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1150/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hec.</span> 1150 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἐν μ. ἡμῶν καὶ βασιλέως</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">between</span> us and him, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:2:2:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:2:2:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">An.</span> 2.2.3 </a>; <span class="quote greek">σοφίας καὶ ἀμαθίας ἐν μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg011.perseus-grc1:203e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg011.perseus-grc1:203e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Smp.</span> 203e </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἐν μ. νυκτῶν</span> at <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">mid</span>night, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:5:3:52" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:5:3:52/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 5.3.52 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἆθλα κείμεν’ ἐν μέσῳ</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">offered for competition</span> (cf. infr. b), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg004.perseus-grc1:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg004.perseus-grc1:5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 4.5 </a>, cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thgn.</span> 994 </span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:3:1:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:3:1:21/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">An.</span> 3.1.21 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἡ τιμὴ ἐν τῷ μέσῳ ἔστω</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">deposited</span> with the court, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0650.tlg001:2:90" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0650.tlg001:2.90/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Herod.</span> 2.90 </a>: without <span class="foreign greek">ἐν, καὶ μέσῳ πάντες καὶ χωρὶς ἕκαστος</span> both <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">collectively</span> and severally, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 12(5).872.27 </span>,<span class="bibl"> 31 </span>,<span class="bibl"> 38 </span>, al. (Tenos): in pl., <span class="quote greek">κεῖτο δ’ ἄρ’ ἐν μέσσοισι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:18:507" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:18.507/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 18.507 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἐν μέσοισ’</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0267.tlg001:1:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0267.tlg001:1.7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Xenoph.</span> 1.7 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἐν μέσῳ εἶναι τοῦ συμμεῖξαι</span> to stand <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">in the way of</span> .. , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:5:2:26" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:5:2:26/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 5.2.26 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἡ γὰρ θάλαττα ἐν τῷ μ.</span> is an <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">obstacle</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg015.perseus-grc1:2:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg015.perseus-grc1:2.2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ath.</span> 2.2 </a>; <span class="quote greek">οὐδεὶς ἐν μέσσῳ γείτων πέλεν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:21:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:21.17/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theoc.</span> 21.17 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">οὐδὲν ἂν ἦν ἐν μ. πολεμεῖν ἡμᾶς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg023.perseus-grc1:183" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg023.perseus-grc1:183/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 23.183 </a> ; cf. <span class="foreign greek">ἰμέσος</span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">ἐς μέσον, ἐς μ. ἀμφοτέρων</span>, freq. in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span> </span> for <span class="foreign greek">ἐς μεταίχμιον</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:79" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.79/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 4.79 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:120" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:6.120/canonical-url/"> 6.120 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἀνδρὶ δὲ νικηθέντι γυναῖκ’ ἐς μέσσον ἔθηκε</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">deposited</span> her <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">as a prize</span> (cf. supr. a), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:23:704" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:23.704/canonical-url/"> 23.704 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἐς μ. δεικνύναι τινί τι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg005:42:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg005:42.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 42.3 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἐς μ. ἵεσθαι, ἐλθεῖν, παρελθεῖν</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:514" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:514/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 514 </a> (lyr.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:22:183" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:22.183/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theoc.</span> 22.183 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg051:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg051:9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Agis</span> 9 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἐς μέσον ἀμφοτέροισι .. δικάσσατε</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:23:574" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:23.574/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 23.574 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἐς τὸ μ. φέρειν</span> bring forward <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">publicly</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:97" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.97/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 4.97 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:139" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:139/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 18.139 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἐς τὸ μ. λέγεσθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:129" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.129/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 6.129 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἐς μ. Πέρσῃσι καταθεῖναι τὰ πρήγματα</span> to give up the power <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">in common to all</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:80" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.80/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 3.80 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἐς μ. τὴν ἀρχὴν τιθεὶς ἰσονομίην ὑμῖν προαγορεύω</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:142" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:142/canonical-url/"> 142 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>c).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">ἐκ τοῦ μέσου</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">away</span>, <span class="quote greek">ἐκ μ. ἀνελεῖν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg010.perseus-grc1:36" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg010.perseus-grc1:36/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 10.36 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:294" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:294/canonical-url/"> 18.294 </a>;[ <span class="quote greek">χειρόγραφον] ἦρκεν ἐκ τοῦ μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg012.perseus-grc1:2:14" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg012.perseus-grc1:2.14/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ep.Col.</span> 2.14 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0074.tlg-02:3:3:15" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0074.tlg-02:3:3:15/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Epict.</span> 3.3.15 </a>; also <span class="foreign greek">ἐκ μ.</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">a half</span>, <span class="quote greek">ἔτη ὀκτὼ καὶ ἔνατον ἐκ μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:133" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.133/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 4.133 </a> ; also <span class="foreign greek">ἐκ μ. κατῆστο</span> remained <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">in the middle</span>, i. e. neutral (cf. <span class="quote greek">ἐκ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.6/canonical-url/"> 1.6 </a> fin.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:83" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.83/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 3.83 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:118" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.118/canonical-url/"> 4.118 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:22" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.22/canonical-url/"> 8.22 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:73" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:73/canonical-url/"> 73 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>d).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">διὰ μέσου</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">between</span>, <span class="quote greek">τὸ διὰ μ. ἔθνος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:104" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.104/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 1.104 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">διὰ μ. ποιεῖσθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:6:3:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:6:3:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 6.3.3 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">διὰ μ. γενέσθαι</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">intervene</span>, of an event, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:20" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.20/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 4.20 </a>: c. gen., <span class="quote greek">διὰ μέσου τῆς πόλεως ῥεῖ ποταμός</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1:2:23" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1:2:23/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">An.</span> 1.2.23 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">διὰ μ. ῥεῖ τούτων ποταμός</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1:4:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1:4:4/canonical-url/"> 1.4.4 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">τὸ τούτων διὰ μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:805e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:805e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 805e </a> ; also <span class="foreign greek">οἱ διὰ μέσου</span> the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">middle</span> party, the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">moderates</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:75" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.75/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 8.75 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:4:25" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:4:25/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HG</span> 5.4.25 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">τὸ διὰ μ.</span> the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">middle</span> class, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1296a:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1296a.8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pol.</span> 1296a8 </a>; of Time, <span class="quote greek">ὁ διὰ μ. χρόνος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:112" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9.112/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 9.112 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἡ διὰ μ. ξύμβασις</span> an <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">interim</span> agreement, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:26" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.26/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 5.26 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">διὰ μέσου</span>, as a figure of speech, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">use of parenthesis</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0087.tlg035:p.95S" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0087.tlg035:p.95S/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdn.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fig.</span> p.95S. </a> </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>e).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">ἀν (ὀν) τὸ μ.</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">in the midst</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0383.tlg001:18:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0383.tlg001:18.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alc.</span> 18.3 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0267.tlg001:1:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0267.tlg001:1.11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Xenoph.</span> 1.11 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thgn.</span> 839 </span>; <span class="foreign greek">ἀνὰ μέσον</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">midway between</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:496a:22" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:496a.22/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 496a22 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0410.tlg001:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0410.tlg001:13/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antiph.</span> 13 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:22:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:22.21/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theoc.</span> 22.21 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">ἀνὰ μ. τοῦ ναοῦ καὶ τοῦ βωμοῦ</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">GDI</span> 2010 </span> (Delph.), cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PTeb.</span> 13.9 </span> (ii B. C.), al.; <span class="quote greek">θρὶξ ἀνὰ μέσσον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:14:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:14.9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theoc.</span> 14.9 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἀνὰ μέσσα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0022.tlg001:167" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0022.tlg001:167/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Nic.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 167 </a> ; also <span class="foreign greek">ἀνὰ μέσον φέρε,</span> = <span class="ref greek">μετρίως</span> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg001:531:18" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg001:531.18/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Men.</span> 531.18 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>f).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">κατὰ μέσσον,</span> = <span class="ref greek">ἐν μέσῳ</span> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:5.8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 5.8 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:16:285" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:16.285/canonical-url/"> 16.285 </a>, etc.: c. gen., <span class="foreign greek">κὰδ δὲ μέσον τάφρου καὶ τείχεος ἷζον</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">between</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:87" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:9.87/canonical-url/"> 9.87 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">μέσον,</span>, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">difference</span>, <span class="foreign greek">τὸ μ. πρὸς τὰς μεγίστας καὶ ἐλαχίστας</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the average</span> between .. , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 1.10 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">πολλὸν τὸ μ., πολὺ τὸ μ.</span>, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the difference</span> is great, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:126" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.126/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.126 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg002.perseus-grc1:914" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg002.perseus-grc1:914/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Alc.</span> 914 </a> (anap.); <span class="foreign greek">τὸ μ. οὐδὲν τῆς ἔχθρης ἐστί</span> there is no <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">middle course</span> for our enmity, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 7.11 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">middle state, mean</span>, <span class="quote greek">τὸ μ. καὶ τὸ εὖ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1109b:26" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1109b.26/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">EN</span> 1109b26 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ποιήματα μέσα</span>, opp. <span class="foreign greek">ὀγκώδη</span>, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">in the</span> (correct) <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">mean</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1595.tlg290:5:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1595.tlg290:5.5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phld.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Po.</span> 5.5 </a>. Adv.-<span class="itype greek">ως</span> <span class="quote greek">, ἀναστρέφεσθαι</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Rh.</span> 1.155S. </span> </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> in Logic, <span class="foreign greek">τὸ μ.</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the middle term</span> of a syllogism, opp. <span class="foreign greek">τὰ ἄκρα</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg001:66a:30" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg001:66a.30/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">APr.</span> 66a30 </a>; also <span class="foreign greek">ὁ μ.</span> (sc. <span class="foreign greek">ὅρος</span>) ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg001:25b:33" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg001:25b.33/canonical-url/"> 25b33 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>5).</strong></span> Math., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">middle</span> terms in a proportion, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1799.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:16" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1799.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.16/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Euc.</span> 6.16 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">μέση</span>, or <span class="foreign greek">μέση (μέσος) ἀνάλογον</span> a <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">mean proportional</span> (straight line or number), ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1799.tlg001.perseus-grc1:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1799.tlg001.perseus-grc1:13/canonical-url/"> 13 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1799.tlg001.perseus-grc1:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1799.tlg001.perseus-grc1:17/canonical-url/"> 17 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1799.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1799.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.11/canonical-url/"> 8.11 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1799.tlg001.perseus-grc1:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1799.tlg001.perseus-grc1:12/canonical-url/"> 12 </a>, al.; <span class="quote greek">μέσης εὕρεσις</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg002:413a:19" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg002:413a.19/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">de An.</span> 413a19 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg025.perseus-grc1:996b:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg025.perseus-grc1:996b.21/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Metaph.</span> 996b21 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">μέση</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">medial</span>, a specific kind of irrational (straight line), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1799.tlg001.perseus-grc1:10:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1799.tlg001.perseus-grc1:10.21/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Euc.</span> 10.21 </a>, al.; <span class="foreign greek">μέσον ὀρθογώνιον </span>(<span class="etym greek">χωρίον</span>) <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">medial</span> rectangle (area), ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1799.tlg001.perseus-grc1:24" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1799.tlg001.perseus-grc1:24/canonical-url/"> 24 </a>, al. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>6).</strong></span> Astron., <span class="foreign greek">ὁ διὰ μέσων τῶν ζῳδίων κύκλος</span> the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">ecliptic</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1431.tlg001:1:9:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1431.tlg001:1:9:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hipparch.</span> 1.9.3 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1431.tlg001:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1431.tlg001:4/canonical-url/"> 4 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1383.tlg001:2:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1383.tlg001:2.21/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gem.</span> 2.21 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ptol.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Alm.</span> 2.7 </span>: without <span class="foreign greek">κύκλος</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Eudox.</span> </span> ap. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg025.perseus-grc1:1073b:20" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg025.perseus-grc1:1073b.20/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Metaph.</span> 1073b20 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1431.tlg001:1:9:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1431.tlg001:1:9:12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hipparch.</span> 1.9.12 </a>; simply, <span class="quote greek">ὁ διὰ μέσων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0004.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:146" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0004.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.146/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.L.</span> 7.146 </a> ; but, <span class="foreign greek">ὁ μέσος [κύκλος</span>] the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">equator</span> of a rotating sphere, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg025.perseus-grc1:1073b:30" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg025.perseus-grc1:1073b.30/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Metaph.</span> 1073b30 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>7).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">μέσα, </span> = <span class="ref greek">μέζεα</span> , Blaes.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg025.perseus-grc1:p.191" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg025.perseus-grc1:p.191/canonical-url/"> p.191 </a> K. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> = <span class="ref greek">κοιλία</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg025.perseus-grc1:1:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg025.perseus-grc1:1.3/canonical-url/"> 1.3 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Herod.Med.</span> </span> ap. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0722.tlg001:5:27:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0722.tlg001:5:27:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Orib.</span> 5.27.3 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gal.</span> 14.732 </span>: sg., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2043.tlg001:1:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2043.tlg001:1.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Heph.Astr.</span> 1.1 </a> ( v.l. <span class="ref greek">τὰ μέσα</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cat.Cod.Astr.</span> 8(2).45 </span>). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>8).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">Μέσον,</span>, one of the law-courts at Athens, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phot.</span></span>, Sch.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:120" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:120/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">V.</span> 120 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>9).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">οὐ τοῖς μέσοις τῆς βίας χρωμένη</span> no <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">ordinary</span> force, Hierocl.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:p.15" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:p.15/canonical-url/"> p.15 </a> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> </span> </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>IV).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">μέση,</span>, as Subst., v. <span class="ref greek">μέση</span> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>V).</strong></span> Adv. <span class="foreign greek">μέσον</span>, Ep. <span class="foreign greek">μέσσον</span>, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">in the middle</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:12:167" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:12.167/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 12.167 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:14:300" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:14.300/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 14.300 </a>: c. gen., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">between</span>, <span class="quote greek">οὐρανοῦ μ. χθονός &lt;τε&gt;</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:983" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:983/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Or.</span> 983 </a> (lyr.), cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0074.tlg-02:2:22:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0074.tlg-02:2:22:10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Epict.</span> 2.22.10 </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">in the midst of</span>, <span class="quote greek">μ. τῆς θαλάσσης</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg002:14:27" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg002:14.27/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">LXX</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ex.</span> 14.27 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μ. γενεᾶς σκολιᾶς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg011.perseus-grc1:2:15" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg011.perseus-grc1:2.15/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ep.Phil.</span> 2.15 </a> : also in pl., <span class="quote greek">μέσα αἰετὸς οὐρανοῦ ποτᾶται</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg019.perseus-grc1:530" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg019.perseus-grc1:530/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Rh.</span> 530 </a> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Nic.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 74.26 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> regul. Adv. <span class="quote greek">μέσως, πόλεώς τ’ οὐ μ. εὐδαίμονος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg006.perseus-grc1:873" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg006.perseus-grc1:873/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Andr.</span> 873 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1113" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1113/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hec.</span> 1113 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg015.perseus-grc1:23" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg015.perseus-grc1:23/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Isoc.</span> 9.23 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">καὶ μ.</span> even <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">in a moderate degree</span>, even <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">a little</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:60" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.60/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 2.60 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">μ. ἔχειν πρός</span> or <span class="foreign greek">περί τι</span> to be <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">in the mean</span> .. , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1105b:28" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1105b.28/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">EN</span> 1105b28 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1119a:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1119a.11/canonical-url/"> 1119a11 </a>; <span class="quote greek">θερμότερον ἢ κραυρότερον ἢ μ. ἔχον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0458.tlg001:7:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0458.tlg001:7.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Eub.</span> 7.1 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0504.tlg001:1:53" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0504.tlg001:1.53/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sosip.</span> 1.53 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">μ. βεβιωκέναι</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">in a middle way</span>, i. e. neither well nor ill, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:113d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:113d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phd.</span> 113d </a>; <span class="quote greek">μ. μεθύων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg001:226" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg001:226/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Men.</span> 226 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">μ. διατιθέναι</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">in an intermediate way</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg012:14" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg012:14/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.H.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Comp.</span> 14 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> Gramm., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">in the middle voice</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0082.tlg004:276:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0082.tlg004:276.21/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.D.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Synt.</span> 276.21 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>VI).</strong></span> irreg. Comp. <span class="quote greek">μεσαίτερος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg009:165b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg009:165b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Prm.</span> 165b </a> : Sup. <span class="quote greek">μεσαίτατος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.17/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 4.17 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg028:392b:33" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg028:392b.33/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mu.</span> 392b33 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1383.tlg001:9:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1383.tlg001:9.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gem.</span> 9.3 </a>, etc.; poet. <span class="quote greek">μεσσότατος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:649" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.649/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.R.</span> 4.649 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2583.tlg001:6:373" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2583.tlg001:6.373/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Man.</span> 6.373 </a>. (Cf. Skt.<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">mádhyas</span> \'middle\', Lat. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">medius</span>, etc.)</div> </div><br><br>'}