Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀνάμεσος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀνάμεσος ἀνάμεση ἀνάμεσον

Structure: ἀναμες (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. in the midland or interior

Examples

  • Ὅρων τῶν ἀναμέσων πρὸσ Μητρόδωρον β’. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, ISTORIWN Z, Kef. z'. XRGSIPPOS 21:8)
  • ὅσοι τῶν Αἰγυπτίων μὴ ἐπὶ τῷ ποταμῷ ἔκτηντο τὰσ πόλισ ἀλλ’ ἀναμέσουσ, οὗτοι, ὅκωσ τε ἀπίοι ὁ ποταμόσ, σπανίζοντεσ ὑδάτων πλατυτέροισι ἐχρέωντο τοῖσι πόμασι, ἐκ φρεάτων χρεώμενοι. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 2, chapter 108 5:2)

Synonyms

  1. in the midland or interior

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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