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μέσος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: μέσος μέση μέσον

Structure: μες (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. middle of, between, amidst
  2. half
  3. of middle quality: moderate, intermediate

Declension

First/Second 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

  • καὶ εἶπε πρὸσ αὐτόν. δίελθε μέσην τὴν Ἱερουσαλὴμ καὶ δὸσ τὸ σημεῖον ἐπὶ τὰ μέτωπα τῶν ἀνδρῶν τῶν καταστεναζόντων καὶ τῶν κατωδυνωμένων ἐπὶ πάσαισ ταῖσ ἀνομίαισ ταῖσ γινομέναισ ἐν μέσῳ αὐτῆσ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 9:4)
  • οὓσ ἰδὼν ὁ τύραννοσ καθάπερ ἐν χορῷ περιέχοντασ μέσην τὴν μητέρα, ἥσθη ἐπ’ αὐτοῖσ καὶ τῆσ εὐπρεπείασ ἐκπλαγεὶσ καὶ τῆσ εὐγενείασ, προσεμειδίασεν αὐτοῖσ καὶ πλησίον καλέσασ ἔφη. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 8:4)
  • ἐμπεσὼν δ’ αὐτὸσ εἰσ μέσην τὴν τῶν ῥητόρων δυσμένειαν, ὥσπερ τῆσ παρὰ θεῶν, οὕτω τῆσ παρ’ ὑμῶν δέομαι τυχεῖν βοηθείασ. (Demades, On the Twelve Years, 2:1)
  • καθαρά τε γὰρ ἡ λέξισ καὶ κοινὴ καὶ σαφήσ, ὑψηλή τε καὶ μεγαλοπρεπὴσ καὶ τὸ πομπικὸν ἔχουσα πολύ, συγκειμένη τε κατὰ τὴν μέσην ἁρμονίαν, ἡδέωσ καὶ μαλακῶσ ῥέουσα. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Epistula ad Pompeium Geminum, chapter 6 9:2)
  • καὶ σχεδόν που κατὰ μέσην τὴν ὁδόν ἐστιν ἰοῦσα ἐσ τὴν Λέρναν. (Lucian, Dialogi Marini, triton, amymone, and poseidon, chapter 29)

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