waist

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

hold by the waist: see P. and V. μέσον ἔχειν (τινά).

you hold me by the waist: V. μέσον μ' ὀχμάζεις (Euripides, Orestes 265).

seize by the waist: P. ἁρπάζειν (τινά) μέσον (Dem. 1252).

middle: use P. and V. ὀμφαλός, ὁ (lit. navel).