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μεσόδμη

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: μεσόδμη

Structure: μεσοδμ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: from de/mw, for mesodo/mh

Sense

  1. something built between, bays or compartments between
  2. a box amidships

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἱστὸν δ’ εἰλάτινον κοίλησ ἔντοσθε μεσόδμησ στῆσαν ἀείραντεσ, κατὰ δὲ προτόνοισιν ἔδησαν, ἕλκον δ’ ἱστία λευκὰ ἐυστρέπτοισι βοεῦσιν. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 2 47:9)
  • ἱστὸν δ’ εἰλάτινον κοίλησ ἔντοσθε μεσόδμησ στῆσαν ἀείραντεσ, κατὰ δὲ προτόνοισιν ἔδησαν, ἕλκον δ’ ἱστία λευκὰ ἐϋστρέπτοισι βοεῦσι. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 15 38:7)

Synonyms

  1. a box amidships

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

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