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μέσος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: μέσος μέση μέσον

Structure: μες (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

middle of, between, amidst
half
of middle quality: moderate, intermediate

Declension

First/Second declension

		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Nominative	μέσος	μέση	μέσον
	Genitive	μέσου	μέσης	μέσου
	Dative	μέσῳ	μέσῃ	μέσῳ
	Accusative	μέσον	μέσην	μέσον
	Vocative	μέσε	μέση	μέσον
Dual	N/A/V	μέσω	μέσᾱ	μέσω
Dual	G/D	μέσοιν	μέσαιν	μέσοιν
Plural	Nominative	μέσοι	μέσαι	μέσα
	Genitive	μέσων	μεσῶν	μέσων
	Dative	μέσοις	μέσαις	μέσοις
	Accusative	μέσους	μέσᾱς	μέσα
	Vocative	μέσοι	μέσαι	μέσα

	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Adjective	μέσος μέσου	μεσώτερος μεσωτέρου	μεσώτατος μεσωτάτου
Adverb	μέσως	μεσώτερον	μεσώτατα

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

[ῶν ἀνδρων μέγαν ὄλβον ἀέξεισ ἡμένα μέσαισ ἀγυιαῖσ Πηνειὸν ἀμφ’ εὐώδεα Θεσσαλία[σ μηλοτρόφου ἐν γυάλοισ· (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 14b 1:2)
εἰ μή σε γῆρασ πολιὸν ἐξερρύετο, καθῆσ’ ἂν ἐν βάκχαισι δέσμιοσ μέσαισ, τελετὰσ πονηρὰσ εἰσάγων· (Euripides, episode 6:3)
ἡ σὴ δὲ μήτηρ ὠλόλυξεν ἐν μέσαισ σταθεῖσα βάκχαισ, ἐξ ὕπνου κινεῖν δέμασ, μυκήμαθ’ ὡσ ἤκουσε κεροφόρων βοῶν. (Euripides, episode, trochees 4:1)
ἔδοξ’ ἐν ὕπνῳ τῆσδ’ ἀπαλλαχθεῖσα γῆσ οἰκεῖν ἐν Ἄργει, παρθένοισι δ’ ἐν μέσαισ εὕδειν, χθονὸσ δὲ νῶτα σεισθῆναι σάλῳ, φεύγειν δὲ κἄξω στᾶσα θριγκὸν εἰσιδεῖν δόμων πίτνοντα, πᾶν δ’ ἐρείψιμον στέγοσ βεβλημένον πρὸσ οὖδασ ἐξ ἄκρων σταθμῶν. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode 3:2)
καὶ ὁ Ἀχιλλεὺσ καίπερ ἐπειγομένων τῶν πρέσβεων ὡσ ἐν μέσαισ νυξὶν ἡκόντων ὅμωσ θεοῖσι δὲ θῦσαι ἀνώγει Πάτροκλον ὃν ἑταῖρον ὁ δ’ ἐν πυρὶ βάλλε θυηλάσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 5, book 5, chapter 7 1:2)

Synonyms

half
- ἥμισυς (half)
- ἡμιστρόγγυλος (half-round)
- ἀμφίβουλος (half-minded)
- ἡμιθανής (half-dead)
- ἡμίλευκος (half-white)
- μιξοπάρθενος (half-woman)
- ἡμιμανής (half-mad)
- ἡμίξηρος (half-dry)
- ἡμιφαής (half-shining)
- ἡμίδουλος (a half-slave)
- ἡμιτέλεστος (half-finished)
- ἡμίθραυστος (half-broken)
- ἡμιπόνηρος (half-evil)
- θηρομιγής (half-beast, as of beasts)
- ἡμίφλεκτος (half-burnt)
- ἡμιπύρωτος (half-burnt)
- ἡμιμάραντος (half-withered)
- ἡμίβρωτος (half-eaten)
- ἡμιθαλής (half-green)
- ἡμίπεπτος (half-cooked)
- ἡμίφαυλος (half-knavish)
- ἡμιφάλακρος (half-bald)
- ἡμιμεθής (half-drunk)
- ἡμίγυμνος (half-naked)
- ἡμίοπτος (half-roasted)
- μιξολύδιος (half-Lydian)
- ἡμισταδιαῖος (of half a stadium)
- μιξοφρύγιος (half-Phrygian)

μεταξύ (betwixt)
ἑκατέρωσε (to each side)
διάζωμα (girdle)
ἐπαυλέω (to accompany on the flute)
ἀνάμεσος (in the midland or interior)
ἀνά (up)
ἄνατος (unharmed)
ἀνατί (without harm)
περίοπτος (to be seen all round)
αἴθριος (clear)
σκύτινος (leathern)
κυκλόθεν (from all around)
περιφέρεια (the line round a circular body)
κάθετος (let down)
ἄκρος (At the edge)
ἄκρον (peak)
ἀνατείνω (to stretch up)
τμῆμα (a part cut off)
περιρρέω (to flow round)
ὑπέρυθρος (somewhat red)
τετράπλευρος (four-sided)
στερέωμα (foundation)
συμφύω (to make to grow together)
κατάβασις (descent)
μεταβαίνω (to pass over from one place to another)
ἁμαξιαῖος (large enough to load a wagon)
μετρητής (a measurer)
ἐξέδρα (arcade)
στενότης (narrowness)
ἀπεναντίον (the opposite)

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μέσος

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half

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Sense

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half

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