μεσόδμη

English (LSJ)

ἡ, (δέμω, cf. EM581.5) Att. μεσόμνη IG22.1668.48, 53:—

   A tie-beam, τοῖχοι μεγάρων καλαί τε μεσόδμαι Od.19.37, cf. 20.354 (expld. by Aristarch. as = μεσόστυλα, by others as τὰ μεταξὺ τῶν δοκῶν διαστήματα, cf. Hsch.); κρεμάσαι χρὴ τὸν ἄνθρωπον τῶν ποδῶν πρὸς μεσόδμην Hp.Art.70; expld. as τὸ μέγα ξύλον ἀπὸ τοῦ ἑτέρου τοίχου πρὸς τὸν ἕτερον διῆκον Gal. ad Hp.l.c. (18(1).738), cf. IGll. cc., SIG 248 N8 (Delph., iv B. C.), Q.S.13.451.    2 box amidships, in which the mast was stepped, ἱστὸν . . κοίλης ἔντοσθε μεσόδμης στῆσαν ἀείραντες Od.2.424.    3 shelf built between the floor of the gallery and the roof, pl., IG22.1668.74, 85: sg., ib.78.    II μεσόδμα, Lacon. μεσσοδόμα, = γυνή, Hsch.