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|Definition=-ητος, ἡ, ([[μέσος]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[central]] [[position]], χώρας τε καὶ ἄστεος μεσότητας Pl.''Lg.'' 746a, 746f.l. in Arist.''Mir.''846a18 (cf. ''Mu.''399b34); also of [[time]], τὸ νῦν ἐστι μεσότης τις Id.''Ph.''251b20; Αἰών… ἀρχὴν μεσότητα τέλος οὐκ ἔχων ''SIG''1125.10 (i B.C./i A.D.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> Math., [[mean]], Pl.''Ti.''32a, 43d (pl.), etc.; <b class="b3">μεσότης ἀριθμητική, μεσότης ἁρμονική</b>, Arist.''Fr.''47; γεωμετρουμένη Plu.2.1138d.<br><span class="bld">2</span> generally, [[mean]], [[state]] between two [[extreme]]s ([[ἔλλειψις]] and [[ὑπερβολή]]), μεσότης ἐστὶν ἡ ἀρετή [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]''1106b27, cf. 36; μεσότης ἡ ἀρετὴ καὶ βίων καὶ ἔργων καὶ τεχνῶν [[Dionysius of Halicarnassus|D.H.]]''[[De Compositione Verborum|Comp.]]''24; ἡ μεσότης ἐν πᾶσιν ἀσφαλεστέρα ''Trag.Adesp.''547.6; αἱ μ. ἄρισται ''AP''10.102 (Bass.).<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[medium]], communicating between two [[opposite]]s, ἡ [[αἴσθησις]] οἷον μ. τις τῆς ἐν τοῖς αἰσθητοῖς ἐναντιώσεως Arist.''de An.''424a4, cf. 431a11; [[standard]], ὡς μ. χρώμενοι τῇ ἁφῇ Id.''Mete.''382a19.<br><span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">τῆς λέξεως μεσότης</b> a [[style]] [[between]] [[poetry]] and [[prose]], D.H.''Vett.Cens.''2.11, cf.5.2.<br><span class="bld">5</span> Gramm., [[middle voice]], D.T.638.9, A.D.''Synt.''211.19.