middle
Ἐλευθέρου γάρ ἐστι τἀληθῆ λέγειν → Perhibere vera semper ingenuum decet → Die Wahrheit sagen ist des freien Mannes Art
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adj.
P. and V. μέσος.
adopt a middle course in one's speech: P. τὰ μεταξύ λέγειν (Dem. 202.).
a man of the middle class: P. μέσος πολίτης, ὁ.
the shrine at earth's middle point: V. μεσόμφαλον ἵδρυμα (Aesch., Choe. 1036).
the middle point of the earth: P. and V. ὀμφαλός, ὁ (Plat., Rep. 427C).
subs.
P. and V. τὸ μέσον.
in the middle of the city: P. and V. ἐν μέσῃ τῇ πόλει.
rising in the middle of dinner: P. ἐξαναστάντες μεταξύ δειπνοῦντες (Dem. 284).
break up a party in the middle: P. μεταξύ διαλῦσαι τὴν συνουσίαν (Plat., Prot. 336E).
be at the middle, v.; P. and V. μεσοῦν.
they put the small boats in the middle: P. τὰ λεπτὰ πλοῖα . . . ἐντὸς ποιοῦνται (Thuc. 2, 83).
