ἄμεινον γὰρ ἑαυτῷ φυλάττειν τὴν ἐλευθερίαν τοῦ ἑτέρων ἀφαιρεῖσθαι → for it is better to guard one's own freedom than to deprive another of his
in the middle: P. and V. μεταξύ.
midway betwean: P. and V. ἐν μέσῳ (gen.).
