μεσόω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(μέσος) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">to be in</b> or <b class="b2">at the middle</b>, τόδ' ἴσθι, μηδέπω μεσοῦν κακόν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>435</span>; ἐν ἀρχῇ πῆμα κοὐδέπω μεσσῖ <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>60</span>; ἐπειδὴ τὸ δρᾶμα ἤδη μεσοίη <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>924</span>; esp. of Time, <b class="b3">μεσοῦσα ἡμέρη</b> <b class="b2">mid</b>day, <span class="bibl">Hdt. 3.104</span>; <b class="b3">θέρους μεσοῦντος</b> in <b class="b2">mids</b>summer, <span class="bibl">Th.5.57</span>; ἐν [ἐνιαυτῷ] μεσοῦντι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>2.2.24</span>; <b class="b3">πρὸς ἥλιον μεσοῦντα</b> to wards <b class="b2">mid</b>day, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">CP</span>2.4.8</span>; μεσούντων τῶν ζῳδίων <span class="bibl">Hipparch.2.3.19</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> c. gen., <b class="b2">to be in the middle of</b>, τῆς ἀναβάσιος <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.181</span>; τὰ δὲ καὶ μεσοῦν τούτων <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span> 618b</span>; <b class="b3">μεσοῦντα τῆς ἀρχῆς</b> <b class="b2">in the middle of</b> his time of office, Sch. <span class="bibl">Aeschin.3.12</span>: and c. part., μεσοῦν δειπνοῦντας <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>175c</span>.</span>