μέσσατος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=η, ον, irreg. Sup. of [[μέσσος]], [[midmost]], <b class="b3">ἐν μεσσάτῳ</b> for <b class="b3">ἐν μέσῳ</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.8.223</span>; Att. μέσατος, υἱός <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>1502</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Men.267</span>, <span class="bibl">Theoc. 21.19</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>14.2012<span class="hiitalic">A</span>33 (Sulp. Max.), <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">C.</span>1.112</span>, <span class="bibl">D.P.204</span>:—in later Ep. μεσσάτιος, <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Dian.</span>78</span>, <span class="bibl">D.P.296</span>, <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">C.</span>4.442</span>. (For the form, cf. <b class="b3">νέατος, τρίτος τρίτατος</b>.)