μεταξύ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(late form μετοξύ <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PLond.</span>2.177.11</span> (i A.D.), etc.), Adv., (μετά, ξύν) prop. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[in the midst]]: hence, </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">I</span> as Adv., </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> of [[place]], [[betwixt]], [[between]], once in Hom., <span class="bibl">Il.1.156</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Merc.</span>159</span>, etc.: with Art., τὸ μ. <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.8</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>551</span>; ἐν τούτῳ μ. <span class="bibl">Th.4.25</span>; νεάτης τε καὶ ὑπάτης καὶ μέσης καὶ εἰ ἄλλα ἄττα μ. τυγχάνει ὄντα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>443d</span>; αὐχένα μ. τιθέντες <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ti.</span>69e</span>: metaph., φίλος ἢ ἐχθρὸς ἢ μ. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1376a30</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> of [[time]], [[between-whiles]], [[meanwhile]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.155</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>225</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ly.</span>207d</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">τὰ μ</b>. the [[intervening]] events, <span class="bibl">Isoc.12.201</span>: freq. c. pres. part., <b class="b3">μ. ὀρύσσων ἐπαύσατο</b> [[in the midst of]] his digging, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.158</span>; ἐπελαυνόντων… μ. <span class="bibl">Id.4.129</span>; μ. θύων <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>1242</span>; μ. πίνων <span class="bibl">Eup.351.5</span>; μ. πορευομένους <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>8.8.11</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ly.</span>207b</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ἐξαναστάντες μ. δειπνοῦντες</b> [[in the middle of]] supper, <span class="bibl">D.18.169</span>; <b class="b3">ἀπαγχομένη μ. κατεκλίθη</b> ([[κατεκωλύθη]] Blass), i. e. [[in the interval]] between this and reviving, <span class="bibl">And.1.125</span>: freq. with Verbs of speaking, <b class="b3">λέγοντα μ</b>. [[in the middle of]] my discourse, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ap.</span>40b</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Euthd.</span>275e</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">R.</span>336b</span>: without part., <b class="b3">μ. ὑπολαβεῖν</b> [[to interrupt]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>3.1.26</span>; μ. τὸν λόγον καταλύομεν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span> 505c</span>; μ. διαλῦσαι τὴν συνουσίαν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Prt.</span>336e</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν τῷ μ</b>. (sc. [[χρόνῳ]]) <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">Smp.</span>1.14</span>: with [[χρόνῳ]], <span class="bibl">D.30.17</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> in late writers, like [[μετά]] (Adv.), [[after]], [[afterwards]], <b class="b3">τὸ μ. σάββατον</b> the [[next]] Sabbath, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Act.Ap.</span> 13.42</span>; <b class="b3">οἱ μ. τούτων βασιλεῖς</b> the kings [[who followed]] them, <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">BJ</span>5.4.2</span>; <b class="b3">οἱ μ. τούτων</b>, = Lat. [[posterieorum]], IG14.1913. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> of Qualities, <b class="b3">τὰ μ</b>. [[intermediate]], i.e. neither good nor bad, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>468a</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> of Degree, <b class="b3">ὅσον τὸ μ</b>. how great is [[the difference]], <span class="bibl">Timocl.22.1</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> Gramm., the [[neuter gender]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">SE</span>166b12</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Po.</span>1458a17</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> as [[preposition]] c. gen., [[between]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.6</span>,<span class="bibl">7.85</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.118</span>, <span class="bibl">4.42</span>, etc.; μ. σοφίας καὶ ἀμαθίας <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>202a</span>; μ. τούτοιν ἀμφοῖν ἐν μέσῳ ὄν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span>583c</span>; <b class="b3">αἱ μ. τῶν λόγων διηγήσεις</b> the explanations [[between]] the speeches, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tht.</span> 143c</span>; but <b class="b3">μ. τῶν λόγων</b> [[if I may interrupt]] the argument, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Phdr.</span> 230a</span>; <b class="b3">μ. τῶν βασιλέων</b> [[among]] kings, Plu.2.177c; [[between]] parties to an agreement, τιμὴ ἡ συμφωνηθεῖσα μ. τινῶν <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>316.15</span> (iv A. D.); <b class="b3">τὰ μ. σύμφωνα</b> the terms agreed [[between the parties]], POxy.914.8 (v A.D.): sometimes one of the extremes is omitted, ἄνωθεν τῶν Θυεστείων ῥακῶν μ. τῶν Ἰνοῦς <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>434</span>; ἢ ἐναντίοις οὖσιν ἢ μ. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">GC</span>319b12</span>; ἦν συμφέρον ὡς πλεῖστον τὸν μ. χρόνον γενέσθαι τῶν ὅρκων <span class="bibl">D.18.26</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b3">μ. θύρας</b> [[in the opening of]] the door, <span class="bibl">Sor.1.119</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> of [[time]], <b class="b3">ὁ μ. τῆς δίκης τε καὶ τοῦ θανάτου [χρόνος</b>] <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>58c</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span> 437</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ μ. τούτου</b> [[meanwhile]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>291</span>: as a Prep., it may either precede or follow its case, but more freq. precedes, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>71a</span> and b.</span>