μεσολαβέω

English (LSJ)

   A seize, nip, κιρσόν Antyll. ap. Orib.45.18.20, cf. eund. ib.7.14.4, Sor.Fasc.46 (Pass.); interrupt, νῆσος μ. τὸν πόρον Peripl. M.Rubr. 25: freq. metaph., μ. τὰς τῶν διωκόντων ὁρμάς intercept, D.S.12.70, cf. 16.1, Alciphr.2.1; τὴν τῶν φλεβῶν ἔκρυσιν Timagoras ap.Stob.4.36.19; interrupt, τινα Plb.18.52.3: abs., μεσολαβήσας ἤρετο Id.16.34.5, etc.; τὴν ἀνάγκην . . οὐκ ἔστιν ἐποχῇ μεσολαβεῖν Metrod. Herc.831.6, cf. 12; of intervening causes, Alex.Aphr.Febr.27, al.; also, perceive an interval, Gal.9.69:—Pass., to be intercepted, of letters, Chryserm. ap. Stob.3.39.31; of planetary influences, Ἀφροδίτη μεσολαβουμένη Max.Epit.p.100 L.; μεσολαβηθῆναι ὑπὸ τῆς πεπρωμένης, i. e. die prematurely, Plb.Fr.184; μ. νόσῳ D.S.12.29; μεσολαβηθεὶς τὸν βίον having one's life cut short in the midst, Id.1.3, cf. BCH11.219 (Phrygia), Vett.Val.246.9; ἐὰν μεσολαβηθῇ [ἡ περιστερά] Sch.Od. 12.69.    II [λίθους] κατὰ λόγον μεσολαβείτω perh. he shall calculate (cf. μεσόλαβος) the size of the stones in proportion, BCH 20.324 (Lebad.).