waist
From LSJ
φιλοτιμία καλεῖ τέχν' ὑπερόντα κτλ. → ambition for honor is calling superior sons ... (Inscription on church wall, Constantinople)
φιλοτιμία καλεῖ τέχν' ὑπερόντα κτλ. → ambition for honor is calling superior sons ... (Inscription on church wall, Constantinople)
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).
