Sense

1. born midway

Examples

• ῥινοὺσ δ’ ἐξετάνυσσε καταστυφέλῳ ἐνὶ πέτρῃ, ὡσ ἔτι νῦν τὰ μέτασσα πολυχρόνιοι πεφύασι, δηρὸν δὴ μετὰ ταῦτα καὶ ἄκριτον· (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 13:8)

Similar forms

• μέτασσαι (1)
• μέτασσα (1)

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