Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • εἰ δὲ μὴ Φρυγῶν πύργουσ πεσόντασ ᾖσμεν Ἑλλήνων δορί, φόβον παρέσχεν οὐ μέσωσ ὅδε κτύποσ. (Euripides, Hecuba, episode, lyric 1:4)
  • ἧσ μήποθ’ ὅστισ καὶ μέσωσ εὔνουσ ἐμοὶ τύχοι, φίλων ἔλεγχον ἀψευδέστατον. (Euripides, Heracles, episode 2:10)
  • καὶ τῶν ἄλλων τοὺσ μὲν ἐκτὸσ ἔχειν τοὺσ ὀφθαλμούσ, τοὺσ δὲ ἐντόσ, ἄλλουσ δὲ μέσωσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 48 1:4)
  • οἱ δὲ μέσωσ, φησίν, ἔχοντεσ ἐπιεικεῖσ, εἶναι δέ τινασ καὶ σκαρδαμυκτικούσ, τοὺσ δ’ ἀτενεῖσ, τοὺσ δὲ μέσουσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 48 2:1)
  • Δίφιλοσ δὲ ὁ Σίφνιοσ μέσωσ φησὶν εἶναι ταῦτα εὔχυλα, εὔφθαρτα, εὐέκκριτα, ὀλιγότροφα. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 33 4:4)

Related

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

Find this word at Wiktionary

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION