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μεσουράνημα

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: μεσουράνημα μεσουράνηματος

Structure: μεσουρανηματ (Stem)

Etym.: ou)rano/s

Sense

  1. mid-heaven, mid-air

Examples

  • Καὶ εἶδον, καὶ ἤκουσα ἑνὸσ ἀετοῦ πετομένου ἐν μεσουρανήματι λέγοντοσ φωνῇ μεγάλῃ Οὐαί οὐαί οὐαὶ τοὺσ κατοικοῦντασ ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ ἐκ τῶν λοιπῶν φωνῶν τῆσ σάλπιγγοσ τῶν τριῶν ἀγγέλων τῶν μελλόντων σαλπίζειν. (APOKALUYIS IWANOU, chapter 7 36:1)
  • εἶτ’ ἐπιβαίνειν πάλιν ἑώσ τοῦ ὑπὸ γῆν μεσουρανήματοσ· (Strabo, Geography, book 3, chapter 5 16:6)

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

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