μεταξύ: Difference between revisions

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