μεσιτεύω

English (LSJ)

   A act as arbiter or mediator, J.AJ16.4.3, BGU709.18 (ii A. D.), Babr.39.2, etc.; τισι BGU906.7 (i A. D.), etc.; μ. ὅρκῳ Ep.Hebr.6.17; act as go-between, τῇ Πασιφάῃ πρὸς τὸν ἔρωτα τοῦ ταύρου Eust.1166.25.    2 trans., mediate, negotiate, τὴν διάλυσιν μ. Plb.11.34.3; τὰς συνθήκας OGI437.76 (Pergam., i B. C.), D.H.9.59, D.S.19.71; τὰς διαλλαγάς Nic.Dam.130.29 J.    3 pledge, mortgage property, CPR1.19 (i A. D.), etc.    4 = μεσιδιόω, χειρόγραφον παρά τινι Möller Pap.Berl. Mus.2.11 (Pass., i A. D.), Suid.    5 add as a third constituent, χάλκανθον Zos.Alch.p.113 B.    II intr., τὰ χρήματα μ. lies on deposit with a stakeholder, Plb.Fr.183.    2 lie between, μονάδος καὶ δεκάδος Theol.Ar.44.