μεσόγαιος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=μεσόγαιον, also α, ον,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[inland]], [[in the heart of a country]], μ. οἰκέειν Hdt.1.145; <b class="b3">τὴν μ. τῆς ὁδοῦ</b> the [[inland]] road, Id.7.124, 9.89; μ. πόλεις Plb.2.5.2; <b class="b3">ὁ μ.</b>, opp. <b class="b3">οἱ παράκτιοι</b>, ''IG''5(2).268.25 (Mantinea, i B. C.): Comp. [[μεσογαιότερος]] ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] -ειό-) Str.13.1.51: Att. also [[μεσόγεως]], ων, Pl.''Lg.''909c; Ep. [[μεσσόγεως]] Call.''Dian.''37.<br><span class="bld">II</span> as [[substantive]] μεσόγαια, ἡ, [[inland parts]], [[interior]], Hdt.1.175, 2.7,9, etc.; μεσόγεια, ἡ, Th.1.100, 120, 6.88, D.18.301:—also [[μεσόγαια]], τά, App.''BC''4.53.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[μεσόγεια]], ἡ, [[continent]], Call.''Del.''168.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[Μεσόγειοι]], οἱ, [[inhabitants of the interior]] of Attica, ''IG''22.1245.