μεσαί-τερος

Grammatical information: adj.

Meaning: `(being) in the middle, middle', of space, sime etc., τὸ μέσον `the middle' (Il.). Forms of somp.: μεσαί-τερος, - τατος (IA.; after παλαίτερος a.o.; Schwyzer 632), μέσ(σ)ατος (Il., Ar.; after ἔσχατος etc.), μεσσάτιος (Call.; like ἐσχάτιος), μεσάτιον name of a strap (Poll.; vgl. μέσαβον); μεσσότατος (A. R., Man.).

Other forms: Aeol. μέσσος, Cret. Boeot. μέττος.

Compounds: Very often as 1. member, e.g. μεσό-δμη, μεσ-ημβρία (s. vv.); also μεσαι-πόλιος `halfgrey, growing grey' (Ν 361; cf. e.g. μεσό-λευκος) like μεσαί-τερος not locatival, but metr. conditioned (Schwyzer 448).

Derivatives: Also adjectives, partly stilistically formally enlarged, partly from (τὸ) μέσον: 1. μεσήεις = μέσος (M269; metr. enlargement at verse-end (after τιμήεις, τελήεις?), Risch $56e; see Debrunner Άντίδωρον 28 f. 2. μεσ(σ)ήρης = μέσος (E., Eratosth.; after ποδήρης a. o.). 3. μεσαῖος = μέσος (Antiph.; as τελευταῖος). 4. μεσάδιος `central' (Aeol. acc. to sch. D.T.; after διχθάδιος a. o., cf. also μεσάζω). 5. μεσίδιος `in the middle, equal' (Arist.); μεσίδιον n. `at a mediator deposed property' with - ιόω `make a deposite' (pap., inscr.). -- 6. μεσίτης m. `mediator, arbiter' (Redard 25 f., 260 n. 1) with - ιτεύω 'be a μ., balance', also `pawn' (Plb., pap., NT), - ιτεία `mediation, settlement, pawning' (J., pap.). 7. μέσης m. `wind between ἀπαρκτίας and καικίας' (Arist.; Schwyzer 461, Chantraine Form. 31), also μεσεύς = καικίας (Steph. in Hp.). -- 8. μεσότης, - ητος f. `middle, mediocre, moderation' (Pl., Arist.). -- 9. μεσακόθεν adv. `among, between' (Arcad. IV^a), \< - αχόθεν after πανταχόθεν (Thurneysen Glotta 12, 146, Schwyzer 630); not with Bechtel Gött. Nachr. 1920, 244 to Goth. * midjunga in midjun[ga] gards. -- Denomin. verbs: 1. μεσόω `form the middle, be in...' (IA.); 2. μεσεύω `keep the mean, be neutral' (Pl. Lg., X., Arist.); 3. μεσάζω = μεσόω (LXX, D.S.). -- On μεσ(σ)ηγύς s. v.

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [706] *medʰi̯o- `middle'

Etymology: Old local adj., identical with Skt. mádhya-, Lat. medius, Germ., e.g. Goth. midjis, OHG mitti, IE *médhi̯os `in the middle'. More forms from several other languages in WP. 2, 261, Pok. 706f., W.-Hofmann s. medius, Mayrhofer s. mádhyaḥ, Feist Vgl. Wb. s. midjis, Fraenkel Lit. et. Wb. s. mẽdis, Vasmer Russ. et. Wb. s. mežá. Supposition on the prehistory (adjectiv. of an adverb *médhi?; cf. μετά) also in Schwyzer 461 a. 627.

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Grammatical information: m. (pl. -ά Call. Del. 142; Schwyzer 581.)

Meaning: `the innermost place, the inmost, corner, hiding-place, store-room' (Il.; on the meaning in Homer Wace JHSt. 71, 203ff.).

Other forms: On μοχοι- s. below.

Compounds: Compp., e.g. ἑπτά-μυχος `with seven hiding-places' (Call.).

Derivatives: 1. μύχιος `innermost' (poet. Hes. Op. 523, late prose); several superlatives, all from μυχός: μυχοίτατος (φ 146), from the loc. - μυχοῖ in μοχοῖ ἐντός. Πάφιοι H.; μυχαίτατος (Arist.; - τερος Hdn. Epim.), after μεσαί-τατος, - τερος a.o.; μύχατος (A. R., Call.), after ἔσχατος etc.; μυχέστατος (Phot.). -- 2. μύχ-αλος = - ατος (trag. anon.; Τάρταρα; also E. Hel. 189?), cf. μυχάλμη βυθὸς θαλάσσης Phot. (: ἅλμη), βύσσαλοι βόθροι H. (s.s.v. βυθος, Fur. 254). -- 3. μυχώδης `full of corners' (E.). -- 4. μυχάς f. = μυχός ( Lyr. Adesp. Oxy. 15 II 4). -- 5. μυχόομαι `be hidden in a corner' (sch.).

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: Without direct agreement outside Greek. As supposed verbal noun, prop. *"slipping, putting in, hiding" (\> `hiding place'), μυχός can be connected partly with Arm. mxem `put in, immerse', IE ( s)mukh-, partly with a Germ. group, e.g. OWNo. smjúga `slip in, through' (with smuga f. `small opening, hidingplace'), MHG smiegen ' schmiegen', if from IE * smeugh-; the Germ. words, however, can also go back on * smeuk and agree then as regards the velar with OCS smykati sę `drag on, cooper', Lith. smùkti `glide (away)' etc.; the variation k: kh: gh can partly be due to phonetic developments (assimilation of consonants), partly to mixing with related forms. -- Further combinations, which with a wordfamily of this meaning, are easily lost endlessly, in WP. 2, 254f., Pok. 744f., Fraenkel s. smùkti, also Vasmer s. smýkatь; everywhere with further forms. -- On μύσχον τὸ ἀνδρεῖον καὶ γυναικεῖον μόριον H., by Fick KZ 43, 149 (s. also Bechtel Dial. 3, 317) connected through *μύχ-σκον, cf. on 2. μόσχος. - Fur. 364 thinks the word is Pre-Greek, but without further arguments.

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