waist
From LSJ
πρέπει γὰρ τοὺς παῖδας ὥσπερ τῆς οὐσίας οὕτω καὶ τῆς φιλίας τῆς πατρικῆς κληρονομεῖν → it is right that children inherit their fathers' friendships just as they would their possessions
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
hold by the waist: see P. and V. μέσον ἔχειν (τινά).
you hold me by the waist: V. μέσον μ' ὀχμάζεις (Euripides, Orestes 265).
seize by the waist: P. ἁρπάζειν (τινά) μέσον (Dem. 1252).
