μεσόγαια
From LSJ
ἀλλ' ἐπὶ καὶ θανάτῳ φάρμακον κάλλιστον ἑᾶς ἀρετᾶς ἅλιξιν εὑρέσθαι σὺν ἄλλοις → even at the price of death, the fairest way to win his own exploits together with his other companions | but even at the risk of death would find the finest elixir of excellence together with his other companions | but to find, together with other young men, the finest remedy — the remedy of one's own valor — even at the risk of death
German (Pape)
[Seite 138] ἡ, das Mittel-, Binnenland; Her. 1, 175. 2, 7; τὴν μεσόγαιαν τάμνων τῆς ὁδοῦ, den Weg mitten durch das Land nehmend, 9, 89; οἱ ἐν μεσογαίᾳ οἰκοῦντες, Plat. Phaed. 111 a, v. l. μεσογείᾳ, u. so hat Thuc. 1, 100. 6, 88 u. sonst immer μεσόγεια, vgl. Lob. zu Phryn. 298.