μεσότης: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ητος, ἡ, ([[μέσος]]) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[central]] [[position]], χώρας τε καὶ ἄστεος μεσότητας <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span> 746a</span>, <span class="bibl">746f</span>.l. in <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mir.</span>846a18</span> (cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Mu.</span>399b34</span>); also of [[time]], τὸ νῦν ἐστι μ. τις <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ph.</span>251b20</span>; Αἰών… ἀρχὴν μ. τέλος οὐκ ἔχων <span class="title">SIG</span>1125.10 (i B.C./i A.D.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> Math., [[mean]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>32a</span>, <span class="bibl">43d</span> (pl.), etc.; <b class="b3">μεσότης ἀριθμητική, μεσότης ἁρμονική</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Fr.</span>47</span>; γεωμετρουμένη Plu.2.1138d. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> generally, [[mean]], [[state]] between two [[extreme]]s ([[ἔλλειψις]] and [[ὑπερβολή]]), μεσότης ἐστὶν ἡ ἀρετή <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1106b27</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">36</span>; μεσότης ἡ ἀρετὴ καὶ βίων καὶ ἔργων καὶ τεχνῶν <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Comp.</span>24</span>; ἡ μ. ἐν πᾶσιν ἀσφαλεστέρα <span class="title">Trag.Adesp.</span>547.6; αἱ μ. ἄρισται <span class="title">AP</span>10.102 (Bass.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[medium]], communicating between two [[opposite]]s, ἡ [[αἴσθησις]] οἷον μ. τις τῆς ἐν τοῖς αἰσθητοῖς ἐναντιώσεως <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">de An.</span>424a4</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">431a11</span>; [[standard]], ὡς μ. χρώμενοι τῇ ἁφῇ <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Mete.</span>382a19</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">τῆς λέξεως μεσότης</b> a [[style]] [[between]] [[poetry]] and [[prose]], <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Vett.Cens.</span>2.11</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">5.2</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> Gramm., [[middle voice]], <span class="bibl">D.T.638.9</span>, <span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Synt.</span>211.19</span>.</span>

|elrutext='''μεσότης:''' ητος ἡ<br /><b class="num">1</b> [[центральное положение]] (χώρας τε καὶ ἄστεος Plat.);<br /><b class="num">2</b> [[средоточие]], [[центр]]: τὸ [[νῦν]] ἐστι μ. τις καὶ ἀρχὴν καὶ τελευτὴν ἔχον [[ἅμα]] Arst. настоящее есть как бы центр, содержащий начало (будущего) и конец (прошлого);<br /><b class="num">3</b> [[среднее]], [[промежуточное]]: μ. τῆς ἐναντιώσεως Arst. среднее между противоположностями;<br /><b class="num">4</b> (золотая), [[середина]], [[умеренность]], (ἐν τοῖς πάθεσι Arst.; αἱ μεσότητες ἄρισται Anth.);<br /><b class="num">5</b> грам. средний залог.