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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

  • οἱ δὲ ἰδιῶται νομίζουσι παρθένον τινὰ εἶναι τὴν ἀμειβομένην τοὺσ ᾄδοντασ ἢ βοῶντασ, ἐν μέσοισ που τοῖσ κρημνοῖσ κατοικοῦσαν καὶ λαλοῦσαν ἐκ τῶν πετρῶν ἔνδοθεν. (Lucian, De Domo, (no name) 3:4)
  • οὐ γὰρ οὕτω λέγων ἄν τισ προσβιβάσειέν σε τῇ ἡδονῇ τῶν ἐκεῖ δρωμένων, ὡσ εἰ καθεζόμενοσ αὐτὸσ ἐν μέσοισ τοῖσ θεαταῖσ βλέποισ ἀρετὰσ ἀνδρῶν καὶ κάλλη σωμάτων καὶ εὐεξίασ θαυμαστὰσ καὶ ἐμπειρίασ δεινὰσ καὶ ἰσχὺν ἄμαχον καὶ τόλμαν καὶ φιλοτιμίαν καὶ γνώμασ ἀηττήτουσ καὶ σπουδὴν ἄλεκτον ὑπὲρ τῆσ νίκησ. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 12:2)
  • ἡγούμεθα γάρ, ὦ Ἀνάχαρσι, τὴν εἰσ τὰ γυμνάσια προθυμίαν οὕτωσ ἂν πλείω ἐγγενέσθαι αὐτοῖσ, εἰ τοὺσ ἀριστεύοντασ ἐν τούτοισ ἴδοιεν τιμωμένουσ καὶ ἀνακηρυττομένουσ ἐν μέσοισ τοῖσ Ἕλλησι. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 36:5)
  • κἀγὼ καταστὰσ εἶπον ἐν μέσοισ τάδε· (Euripides, Hecuba, episode 1:8)
  • τυγχάνω γὰρ ἐν μέσοισ Θρῄκησ ὁρ́οισ ἀπών, ὅτ’ ἦλθεσ δεῦρ’· (Euripides, Hecuba, episode7)

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