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μεσόγαιος

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Sophocles, Antigone, 883
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Transliteration A: mesógaios Transliteration B: mesogaios Transliteration C: mesogaios Beta Code: meso/gaios

English (LSJ)

ον, also α, ον,

   A inland, in the heart of a country, μ. οἰκέειν Hdt.1.145; τὴν μ. τῆς ὁδοῦ the inland road, Id.7.124, 9.89; μ. πόλεις Plb.2.5.2; ὁ μ., opp. οἱ παράκτιοι, IG5(2).268.25 (Mantinea, i B. C.): Comp. μεσογαιότερος (v.l. -ειό-) Str.13.1.51: Att. also μεσόγεως, ων, Pl.Lg.909c; Ep. μεσσόγεως Call.Dian.37.    II as Subst. μεσόγαια, ἡ, inland parts, interior, Hdt.1.175, 2.7,9, etc.; μεσόγεια, ἡ, Th.1.100, 120, 6.88, D.18.301:—also μεσόγαια, τά, App.BC4.53.    2 μεσόγεια, ἡ, continent, Call.Del.168.    III Μεσόγειοι, οἱ, inhabitants of the interior of Attica, IG22.1245.

German (Pape)

[Seite 138] mittelländisch, mitten im Lande gelegen, Sp.; μεσογαιότερος, Strab. XIII, 606.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

μεσόγαιος: -ον, ὡσαύτως α, ον, ὁ κείμενος εἰς τὰ ἐσωτερικὰ μέρη χώρας τινός, μ. οἰκέειν Ἡρόδ. 1. 145· τὴν μ. τῆς ὁδοῦ ὁ αὐτ. 7. 124· - Ἀττ. καὶ μεσόγεως, ων, Πλάτ. Νόμ. 909Α· Ἐπικ. μεσσόγεως, Καλλ. εἰς Ἄρτ. 37. ΙΙ. ὡς οὐσιαστ. μεσογαία, ἡ, τὸ ἐσωτερικὸν τῆς χώρας, τὰ μεσόγεια μέρη, Λατ. loca mediterranea, Ἡρόδ. 1. 175., 2. 7, 9, κτλ.· οὕτω μεσογεία, ἡ, Θουκ. 1. 100, 120., 88, Δημ. 326. 9.