μεσοστάτης
αἰὼν παῖς ἐστι παίζων, πεσσεύων∙ παιδός η βασιληίη → time is a child playing draughts; the kingship is a child's | a life-time is a child playing, playing checkers: the kingship belongs to a child | a whole human life-time is nothing but a child playing, playing checkers: the kingship belongs to a child | lifetime is a child at play, moving pieces in a game; kingship belongs to the child
English (LSJ)
[ᾰ], ου, ὁ, inner beam or standard in the plinth of a torsion-engine, Ph.Bel.55.12, Hero Bel.104.9, Apollod.Poliorc.165.10, al.
German (Pape)
[Seite 140] ὁ, der in der Mitte steht, Mathem. vett.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
μεσοστάτης: -ου, ὁ, ὁ ἐν τῷ μέσῳ ἱστάμενος, ὁ μεσαῖος στῦλος, Ἥρων Βελοπ. σ. 137.
Greek Monolingual
μεσοστάτης, ὁ (Α)
αυτός που στέκεται στο μέσο, ο μεσαίος στύλος ή παραστάτης.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < μεσ(ο)- + -στάτης (< θ. στα- του (ἵστημι, πρβλ. στατός), πρβλ. ιεροστάτης, χοροστάτης].
