mesopovro"
meso-povro" , Ep. mes"- , on , going in the middle, m. diÆ aijqevro" through mid- air, Eur.
mesopotavmio"
meso-potavmio" , a, on , between rivers: Mesopotamiva (sc. cwvra ) , hJ , a land between two rivers, esp. that between the Tigris and Euphrates, Mesopotamia, Polyb., Strab.:— Mesopotamivth" »i<Eth>1/4, ou, oJ , Luc.
mevso", ME vSOS, mevso"
ME vSOS , Ep. in Poets also mevsso" , h, on :— middle, in the middle, Lat. medius , Hom., etc.; mevson savko" the middle or centre of the shield, Il.; ejn aijqevri mevsw/ in mid air, Soph.; with the Art. following, dia; mevsh" th`" povlew", ejn m. th`/ cwvra/ Xen.
2.
with a Verb,
e[cetai mevso"
by the middle, by the waist,
proverb. from the wrestling-ring, Ar.
3.
m. dikasthv"
=
mesivth"
, a judge
between two,
an umpire, Thuc.
4.
oJ mevso"
(sc.
davktulo"
) Plat.
5.
of Time,
mevson h\mar
mid-
day, Hom.;
mevsai nuvkte"
Hdt.; also,
mevson th`" hJmevra"
Id.
II.
middling, moderate,
mevso" ajnhvr
a man
of middle rank,
Id.;
m. polivth"
Thuc.; also
oiJ dia; mevsou
the
moderate
or
neutral
party, Id.
2.
middling,
i.e.
middling good,
Plat.
III.
mevson
Ep.
mevsson, tov
, as Subst.
the middle, the space between,
ejn mevssw/
, for
ejn metaicmivw/
, Il.; or without
ejn, e[nqore mevssw/
he leaped
into the middle,
Ib.;
oiJ ejn m. lovgoi
the
intervening
words, Soph.;
ta; ejn m
. what
went between,
Id.;
ejn m. hJmw`n kai; basilevw"
between
us and him, Xen.;
ejn m. nuktw`n
at
mid
night, Id.;
a\qla keivmena ejn mevsw/
prizes set up
for all to contend for,
Dem.;—so in pl.,
kei`to dÆ a[rÆ ejn mevssoisi
Il.
b.
ej" mevson, ej" m. ajmfotevrwn
Hom.;
ej" m. tiqevnai tisiv ti
to set a prize
before all,
for all to contest, Lat.
in medio ponere
,
Il.;
ej" to; m. tiqevnai
to propose, bring forward
in public,
Hdt.;
ej" to; m. levgein
to speak
before all,
Id.;
ej" m. Pevrsh/si kataqei`nai ta; prhvgmata
to give up the power
in common to all,
Id.
c.
ejk tou` mevsou kaqevzesqai
to keep
clear of
a contest, i.e. remain neutral, Id.
d.
dia; mevsou
=
metaxuv
,
between,
Id., Thuc.; and of Time,
meanwhile,
Hdt., Thuc.
e.
ajna; mevson
midway between,
Theocr.
f.
kata; mevsson
, =
ejn mevsw/
, Il.
2.
to; mevson
, also,
the difference, average,
Hdt., Thuc.
3.
the middle state
or
mean,
Lat.
mediocritas
,
Arist.;
panti; mevsw/ to; kravto" qeo;" w[pasen
Aesch.
IV.
Adv.
mevson
, Ep.
mevsson
,
in the middle,
Hom.: c. gen.
between,
oujranou` m. cqonov" te
Eur.
2.
in Att.
mevsw"
,
moderately,
Id.;
kai; mevsw"
even
a little,
Thuc.;
mevsw" bebiwkevnai
in a middle way,
i.e. neither well nor ill, Plat.
V.
irreg. Comp.
mesaivtero"
(cf.
mesai`o"
) Id.; Sup.
mesaivtato"
Hdt., etc.
mesoscidhv"
meso-sciØdhv" , ev" , ( scivzw ) split in two, Anth.
mesovth"
mesovth" , hto", hJ , ( mevso" ) a middle or central position, Plat.
II. a mean between two extremes, Arist.
mesovtoicon
mesov-toicon , tov , ( toi`co" ) a partition-wall, N.T.