μεσόγαιος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, also α, ον, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">inland, in the heart of a country</b>, μ. οἰκέειν <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.145</span>; <b class="b3">τὴν μ. τῆς ὁδοῦ</b> the [[inland]] road, <span class="bibl">Id.7.124</span>, <span class="bibl">9.89</span>; μ. πόλεις <span class="bibl">Plb.2.5.2</span>; <b class="b3">ὁ μ</b>., opp. <b class="b3">οἱ παράκτιοι</b>, <span class="title">IG</span>5(2).268.25 (Mantinea, i B. C.): Comp. [[μεσογαιότερος]] (v.l. -ειό-) <span class="bibl">Str.13.1.51</span>: Att. also μεσόγεως, ων, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>909c</span>; Ep. μεσσόγεως <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Dian.</span>37</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> as Subst. μεσόγαια, ἡ, [[inland parts]], [[interior]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.175</span>, <span class="bibl">2.7</span>,<span class="bibl">9</span>, etc.; μεσόγεια, ἡ, <span class="bibl">Th.1.100</span>, <span class="bibl">120</span>, <span class="bibl">6.88</span>, <span class="bibl">D.18.301</span>:—also μεσόγαια, τά, <span class="bibl">App.<span class="title">BC</span>4.53</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">μεσόγεια, ἡ</b>, [[continent]], <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Del.</span>168</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b3">Μεσόγειοι, οἱ</b>, [[inhabitants of the interior]] of Attica, <span class="title">IG</span>22.1245.</span>