Ancient Greek Dictionary

Ancient Greek Dictionary

Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

μεσότης

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: μεσότης μεσότητος

Structure: μεσοτητ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: me/sos

Sense

  1. a middle or central position
  2. a mean between two extremes

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative μεσότης μεσότητε μεσότητες
Genitive μεσότητος μεσοτήτοιν μεσοτήτων
Dative μεσότητι μεσοτήτοιν μεσότησιν*
Accusative μεσότητα μεσότητε μεσότητας
Vocative μεσότη μεσότητε μεσότητες

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

  • ταὐτὸν ἀπὸ τοῦ ἑνὸσ τὸ δὲ θάτερον ἀπὸ τῆσ δυάδοσ καὶ μέμικται πρῶτον ἐνταῦθα περὶ τὴν ψυχήν, ἀριθμοῖσ καὶ λόγοισ συνδεθέντα καὶ μεσότησιν ἐναρμονίοισ, καὶ ποιεῖ θάτερον ἐγγενόμενον τῷ ταὐτῷ διαφοράν, τὸ δὲ ταὐτὸν ἐν τῷ ἑτέρῳ τάξιν, ὡσ δῆλόν ἐστιν ἐν ταῖσ πρώταισ τῆσ ψυχῆσ δυνάμεσιν εἰσὶ δ’ αὗται τὸ κριτικὸν καὶ τὸ κινητικόν. (Plutarch, Compendium libri de animae procreatione in Timaeo, section 5 7:1)
  • ἐνταῦθα περὶ τὴν ψυχήν, ἀριθμοῖσ καὶ λόγοισ συνδεθέντα καὶ μεσότησιν ἐναρμονίοισ, καὶ ποιεῖ θάτερον μὲν ἐγγενόμενον τῷ ταὐτῷ διαφοράν, τὸ δὲ ταὐτὸν ἐν τῷ ἑτέρῳ τάξιν, ὡσ δῆλόν ἐστιν ἐν ταῖσ πρώταισ τῆσ ψυχῆσ δυνάμεσιν· (Plutarch, De animae procreatione in Timaeo, section 24 8:1)
  • ἐξ ὕδατοσ δὲ καὶ ἀέροσ, ὅπωσ ἀνάλογοσ ‐‐ αἱ γὰρ τῶν στερεῶν δυνάμεισ δύο μεσότησιν ἀναλογοῦσιν ὡσ ἓν γενέσθαι τὸ πᾶν ‐‐ ἐξ ἁπάντων δέ, ἵνα τέλειοσ καὶ ἄφθαρτοσ ᾖ. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, G, PLATWN 72:4)

Similar forms

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

Find this word at Perseus Greek Word Study Tool

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION