μεσόγαιος

English (LSJ)

ον, also α, ον,

   A inland, in the heart of a country, μ. οἰκέειν Hdt.1.145; τὴν μ. τῆς ὁδοῦ the inland road, Id.7.124, 9.89; μ. πόλεις Plb.2.5.2; ὁ μ., opp. οἱ παράκτιοι, IG5(2).268.25 (Mantinea, i B. C.): Comp. μεσογαιότερος (v.l. -ειό-) Str.13.1.51: Att. also μεσόγεως, ων, Pl.Lg.909c; Ep. μεσσόγεως Call.Dian.37.    II as Subst. μεσόγαια, ἡ, inland parts, interior, Hdt.1.175, 2.7,9, etc.; μεσόγεια, ἡ, Th.1.100, 120, 6.88, D.18.301:—also μεσόγαια, τά, App.BC4.53.    2 μεσόγεια, ἡ, continent, Call.Del.168.    III Μεσόγειοι, οἱ, inhabitants of the interior of Attica, IG22.1245.