μεσολαβέω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[seize]], [[nip]], κιρσόν Antyll. ap. <span class="bibl">Orib.45.18.20</span>, cf. eund. ib.<span class="bibl">7.14.4</span>, <span class="bibl">Sor.<span class="title">Fasc.</span>46</span> (Pass.); [[interrupt]], νῆσος μ. τὸν πόρον <b class="b2">Peripl. M.Rubr</b>. <span class="bibl">25</span>: freq. metaph., <b class="b3">μ. τὰς τῶν διωκόντων ὁρμάς</b> [[intercept]], <span class="bibl">D.S.12.70</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">16.1</span>, <span class="bibl">Alciphr.2.1</span>; <b class="b3">τὴν τῶν φλεβῶν ἔκρυσιν</b> Timagoras ap.Stob.4.36.19; [[interrupt]], τινα <span class="bibl">Plb.18.52.3</span>: abs., μεσολαβήσας ἤρετο <span class="bibl">Id.16.34.5</span>, etc.; τὴν ἀνάγκην… οὐκ ἔστιν ἐποχῇ μεσολαβεῖν Metrod. <span class="title">Herc.</span>831.6, cf. 12; of [[intervening]] causes, <span class="bibl">Alex.Aphr.<span class="title">Febr.</span>27</span>, 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 <span class="bibl">Max.<span class="title">Epit.</span>p.100</span> L.; <b class="b3">μεσολαβηθῆναι ὑπὸ τῆς πεπρωμένης</b>, i. e. die prematurely, <span class="bibl">Plb.<span class="title">Fr.</span>184</span>; μ. νόσῳ <span class="bibl">D.S.12.29</span>; <b class="b3">μεσολαβηθεὶς τὸν βίον</b> <b class="b2">having one's</b> life [[cut short in the midst]], <span class="bibl">Id.1.3</span>, cf. <span class="title">BCH</span>11.219 (Phrygia), <span class="bibl">Vett.Val.246.9</span>; <b class="b3">ἐὰν μεσολαβηθῇ [ἡ περιστερά</b>] Sch.<span class="bibl">Od. 12.69</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [<b class="b3">λίθους] κατὰ λόγον μεσολαβείτω</b> perh. he [[shall calculate]] (cf. [[μεσόλαβος]]) the size of the stones in proportion, <span class="title">BCH</span> 20.324 (Lebad.).</span>