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|Definition=ἡ, ([[δέμω]], cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">EM</span>581.5</span>) Att. μεσόμνη <span class="title">IG</span>22.1668.48, 53:— <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[tie-beam]], τοῖχοι μεγάρων καλαί τε μεσόδμαι <span class="bibl">Od.19.37</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">20.354</span> (expld. by Aristarch. as = [[μεσόστυλα]], by others as <b class="b3">τὰ μεταξὺ τῶν δοκῶν διαστήματα</b>, cf. Hsch.); κρεμάσαι χρὴ τὸν ἄνθρωπον τῶν ποδῶν πρὸς μεσόδμην <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Art.</span>70</span>; expld. as τὸ μέγα ξύλον ἀπὸ τοῦ ἑτέρου τοίχου πρὸς τὸν ἕτερον διῆκον Gal. ad Hp.l.c. (18(1).738), cf. <span class="title">IG</span>ll. cc., <span class="title">SIG</span> 248 <span class="title">N</span>8 (Delph., iv B. C.), <span class="bibl">Q.S.13.451</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[box amidships]], in which the mast was stepped, ἱστὸν… κοίλης ἔντοσθε μεσόδμης στῆσαν ἀείραντες <span class="bibl">Od.2.424</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[shelf]] built between the floor of the gallery and the roof, pl., <span class="title">IG</span>22.1668.74, 85: sg., ib.78. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[μεσόδμα]], Lacon. [[μεσσοδόμα]], = [[γυνή]], Hsch.</span>