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===adjective===

[[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[μέσος]].

[[adopt a middle course in one's speech]]: [[prose|P.]] [[τὰ μεταξύ λέγειν]] ([[Demosthenes|Dem.]] 202.).

[[a man of the middle class]]: [[prose|P.]] [[μέσος πολίτης]], ὁ.

[[the shrine at earth's middle point]]: [[verse|V.]] [[μεσόμφαλον ἵδρυμα]] ([[Aeschylus|Aesch.]], ''Choe.'' 1036).

[[the middle point of the earth]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ὀμφαλός]], ὁ ([[Plato]], ''[[Republic]]'' 427C).

===substantive===

[[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[τὸ μέσον]].

[[in the middle of the city]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἐν μέσῃ τῇ πόλει]].

[[rising in the middle of dinner]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἐξαναστάντες μεταξύ δειπνοῦντες]] ([[Demosthenes|Dem.]] 284).

[[break up a party in the middle]]: [[prose|P.]] [[μεταξύ διαλῦσαι τὴν συνουσίαν]] ([[Plato]], ''[[Protagoras]]'' 336E).

[[be at the middle]], v.; [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[μεσοῦν]].

[[they put the small boats in the middle]]: [[prose|P.]] [[τὰ λεπτὰ πλοῖα… ἐντὸς ποιοῦνται]] ([[Thucydides|Thuc.]] 2, 83).

[[waist]]: see [[waist]].
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