why+is+it+that

νῦν (for [full] νυν, [full] νυ, v. infr. II), Adv.

A now, both of the present moment, and of the present time generally, οἳ ν. βροτοί εἰσιν mortals of our day, Il.1.272 ; so in [dialect] Ion. and [dialect] Att., οἱ ν. [ἄνθρωποι] men of the present day, Hdt.1.68 ;

οἵ γε ν. Pi.O.1.105

, B.5.4, cf. Arist.Metaph. 1069a26 ; ὁ ν. τρόπος, τὸ ν. βαρβαρικόν, Th.1.6 ; Βοιωτοὶ οἱ ν. ib.12 ;

ὁ ν. παρὼν χρόνος S.Tr. 174

, al., Pl.Prm. 141e ;

ἡμέρα ἡ ν. S.OT 351

;

νὺξ ἡ ν. Id.Ant.16

;

ἡ ν. ὁδός Id.El. 1295

;

τὸ ν.

the present,

Arist.Ph. 218a6

, al. ;

ἀπὸ τοῦ ν. Pl.Prm. 152c

, LXXGe.46.30, etc. ;

ἀπὸ ν. AP5.40

(Rufin.) ;

ἕως τοῦ ν. LXXGe.46.34

; μέχρι ν. (v.l. μ. τοῦ ν.) D.S.17.110 ; τὰ ν. simply, = ν., Hdt.7.104, E.Heracl. 641, etc. ;

τό περ ν. Pi. N.7.101

;

τὰ δὲ ν. S.OC 133

(lyr.) ;

τὸ ν. εἶναι Pl.R. 506e

, X.Cyr.5.3.42, Arist.Ath.31.2 ;

τὸ ν. ἔχον Act.Ap.24.25

.

2 of the immediate past, just now, but now,

ν. Μενέλαος ἐνίκησεν Il.3.439

, cf. 13.772, Od. 1.43, S.OC84, X.Cyr.4.5.48 ;

ν. γοῦν ἐπεχείρησας Pl.R. 341c

;

ἡλίκα ν. ἐτραγῴδει D.18.13

.

3 of the future, presently,

ν. αὖτ' ἐγχείῃ πειρήσομαι Il.5.279

, cf. 20.307, Od.1.200 ;

ν. φεύξομαι, τόθ' ἁγνὸς ὤν E.El. 975

; cf. νῦν δή, νυνί.

4 sts. opp. to what might have been under other circumstances, as it is (or was), as the case stands (or stood), as a matter offact,

ν. δ' ὁ μὲν ὣς ἀπόλωλε Od.1.166

;

εἰ μὲν ὑπώπτευον, οὐκ ἂν.. ἐποιούμην· ν. δὲ κτλ. Th.4.126

, cf. 1.122, 3.113, Pl. Cra. 384b, D.18.195, etc. ; καὶ ν. even so, X.An.7.4.24,7.7.17.

5 coupled with other Particles,

τὰ ν. γε S.Ph. 245

, etc. ;

ν. γε μάν Pi. P.1.50

; ν. δή, v. h. v. : with other expressions of Time, ν... σήμερον, ν. ἡμέρη ἥδε, Il.7.29, 13.828 ;

ν. ἤδη

henceforth,

S.Ant. 801

(anap.), etc. ;

ν... ἄρτι

but now,

Pl.Cra. 396c

.

II enclit. (but see below) νυν, νυ. [νυ only [dialect] Ep., [dialect] Boeot., and Cypr. (also Arc. in ὅνυ, q. v.) ; νῠν twice in Hom., Il.10.105, 23.485 : ῡ?νῦνX in Trag. ([pron. full] ῡ A.Th. 242, 246, S.Ant. 705, E.Or. 1678, etc. ; [pron. full] ῠ S.Tr.92, E.Andr.91, etc.), [pron. full] ῡ in Com. (Ar.V. 1381, Pl. 975, al.), exc. Cratin.144, Ar.Th. 105 (lyr., citing Agatho), and perh. Nu.141 ; both quantities in τοίνυν, q.v.]

1 rarely of Time, now, perh. so used in Il.10.105, cf. Parm.19.1, Pi. P.11.44, al., Epich.170.6.

2 in [dialect] Ep. mostly as a particle of emphasis,

ἧκε δ' ἐπ' Ἀργείοισι κακὸν βέλος· οἱ δέ νυ λαοὶ θνῇσκον Il.1.382

, etc.: freq. coupled with other Particles or Conjs.,

ἦ ῥά ν. 4.93

;

καί νύ κεν 3.373

; οὔ ν., μή νύ τοι, 10.165, 1.28 ; ἐπεί νύ τοι ib. 416 ;

ὥς νύ περ 2.258

.

3 in commands or entreaties,

μή ν. μοι νεμεσήσετ' 15.115

: freq. with other Advbs., δεῦρό ν. come now ! 23.485 ;

ἐνταῦθά ν. ὕβριζε A.Pr.82

, cf. Ar.Th. 1001, V. 149, Pl. 724 ;

εἶά ν. Id. Pax 467

, V. 430, Pl. 316 : freq. with imper., φέρε ν. ib. 789 ;

ἄγε ν. Id. Pax 1056

, V. 381 ;

σπεῦδέ ν. Id.Pl. 414

;

σίγαν. S.Aj.87

, Cratin.l.c. ;

περίδου ν. Ar.Nu. 644

, cf. X.Cyr.5.3.21, etc. ;

ὕφαινέ ν. B.18.8

; so in [dialect] Boeot.,

ν. ἔνθω IG7.3172.88

(Orchom.) ; also in Cypr. with opt. in commands, δυϝάνοι ν., δώκοι ν., Inscr.Cypr.135.6,16 H. ([place name] Idalion).

4 in questions, τίς ν. ; τί ν. ; who, what, why now? Il.5.373, 1.414,4.31 ; ἦ νυ.. ; Od.6.125. [In signf. I always perispom. In signf. II perispom. exc. when short, Hdn.Gr.2.39, al. ; enclit. when short, sts. in codd., as Il.23.485 (Pap. in AJP21.304, etc. ; oxyt. when = δή, Tyrannioap.Hdn.Gr.2.27 ; καθ' ὁμαλισμόν or κατ' ἔγκλισιν when=δή, Sch.Ar.Pl. 414, Sch.A.R.1.664). In codd. usu. perispom. in both senses, A.Pr.82, Th. 242, 246, S.Ant. 705,El. 324, Ar.Pl. 414, V. 758, 922, etc. ; even νῠν is written νῦν in codd. vett. Pi. passim, also in S.Aj.87, Tr.92, etc. ; hence νυν may freq. be restored where the sense requires it. The accent of τοίνῡ?νῦνXν perh. shows that both νῠν and νῡν could be enclitic.—Position: in signf. I νῦν can occupy any position ; in signf. II it prefers (like other enclitics, but also like ἄν, δέ, γάρ, etc.) the second place in the sentence, e.g.

πρός νύν σε πατρός S.Ph. 468

, cf. OC 1333 ;

ἀπό νύν με λείπετ' ἤδη Id.Ph. 1177

(lyr.) ;

μετά νυν δός E.Supp.56

(lyr.) ; νυ (always enclitic) precedes other enclitics and allows only δέ to precede.] (Cf. Skt. nú, n[umacracute], nūnám, OE. nū 'now', etc.)

σῑγάω, [dialect] Dor. [ per.] 2sg.

A

σιγῇς Ar.Ach. 778

; Cyrenaic inf.

σιγέν Berl.Sitzb. 1927.170

; [ per.] 1sg. opt. σιγῷμ ([etym.] ι) E.Hipp. 336: [tense] fut.

- ήσομαι S.OC 113

, 980, E.Ba. 801, Ar.Av. 1684, etc.; later

- ήσω AP9.27

(Arch. or Parmen.), D.Chr.37.42, Charito 1.10: [tense] pf.

σεσίγηκα Aeschin.3.218

:— [voice] Pass., [tense] fut.

σιγηθήσομαι E.IT 1076

;

σεσιγήσομαι Pl.Ep. 311c

: [tense] aor.

ἐσιγήθην E.Supp. 298

, Aeschin.2.86: [tense] pf. σεσίγημαι (v. infr.): ([etym.] σιγή):— keep silence, used by Hom. only in imper. σίγα, hush! be still! Il.14.90, Od.17.393;

σιγᾶν h.Merc.93

, Hdt.8.61, 110; but freq.in Pi., Trag., and [dialect] Att., as Pi.N.10.29, A.Pr. 200, etc.;

σ. περί τινος E.Hipp. 312

;

πρὸς οὓς δεῖ Pl.Phdr. 276a

; πρὸς τοῦτο, ἐν τούτῳ, X.Cyr.5.5.20, An.5.6.27.

2 metaph. of things,

σιγῶν δ' ὄλεθρος καὶ μέγα φωνοῦντ'.. ἀμαθύνει A.Eu. 935

(anap.);

σύριγγες οὐ σιγῶσιν Id.Supp. 181

;

σίγησε δ' αἰθήρ E.Ba. 1084

;

σ. πόντος, σ. ἀῆται, ἁ δ' ἐμὰ οὐ σ. ἀνία Theoc.2.38

:—in E.Fr.781.13, τὰ σιγῶντ' ὀνόματ'.. δαιμόνων seems to be = τὰ ἄρρητα, secret, mystical:—[voice] Pass., μέμψομαι σιωπὴν ὡς ἐσιλγήθη κακῶς I shall impute as a fault that silence was kept, Id.Supp. 298; also τί σεσίγηται δόμος Ἀδμήτου; why is it all silent? Id.Alc.78; σιγῶντα λέγειν, λέγοντα σιγᾶν, phrases illustrating a logical fallacy, Pl.Euthd. 300b, Arist.SE 166a13.

II trans., hold silent, keep secret, Pi.Fr. 81, A.Pr. 106, 441, Ag.36, Hdt.7.104 (s. v. l.), etc.:—[voice] Pass., to be kept silent or secret,

σεσιγαμένον χρῆμα Pi.O.9.103

;

ὁ θάνατος.. ἐσιγήθη Hdt.5.21

;

σιγώμενος S.Fr. 653

; ἐσιγάθη δ' ἂν ὑφορβός would never have been heard of, Theoc.16.54.

χρῆμα, ατος, τό: ([etym.] χράομαι):—

A need, in the phrase παρὰ χ. or παραχρῆμα (q. v.); a thing that one needs or uses, cf. X.Oec.1.9 sq. (pl.): hence in pl., goods, property (

χρήματα λέγομεν πάντα ὅσων ἡ ἀξία νομίσματι μετρεῖται Arist.EN 1119b26

), Od.2.78, 203, al. (never in Il.), Hes.Op. 320, 407, etc.; of temple-treasures, heirlooms, etc., Mnemos. 57.208 (Argos, vi B. C.);

τὰ ἱρὰ χ. τῆς Ἀθηναίης Hdt.2.28

, cf. 9.81;

θησαυρούς.. ἄλλα τε χρύσεα ἄφατα χ. Id.7.190

;

πολλῶν χ. ἐξαίρετον ἄνθος A.Ag. 954

;

πειρῶ τὸν πλοῦτον χρήματακαὶ κτήματα κατασκευάζειν· ἔστι δὲ χ. μὲν τοῖς ἀπολαύειν ἐπισταμένοις, κ. δὲ τοῖς κτᾶσθαι δυναμένοις Isoc.1.28

;

τοῖς σκεύεσι καὶ τοῖς χρήμασιν ἀποθήκη Th.6.97

; πρόβατα

καὶ ἄλλα χ. X.An.5.2.4

; τὰ ἀνδράποδα.. καὶ χρήματα τὰ πλεῖστα ἀπέδρα αὐτούς ib.7.8.12: prov., χρήματα ψυχὴ πέλεται.. βροτοῖσι a man's money is his life, Hes.Op. 686; χρήματ' ἄνηρ ' money makes the man', Alc.49, Pi.I.2.11;

ἐν χρήμασιν οἰκεῖ πατρώοις A.Eu. 757

, cf. Ch. 135; also

χρημάτων πένητες E.El.37

;

τὰ χρήματ' ἐνεχυράζομαι Ar.Nu. 241

;

χρήματα πορίζειν Id.Ec. 236

;

ἄτιμοι ἦσαν τὰ σώματα, τὰ δὲ χ. εἶχον And.1.74

;

χρημάτων ἥσσων Democr.50

;

χρημάτων κρείσσων Th.2.60

; χρήμασι νικώμενος ibid.; χρημάτων ἀδωρότατος ib. 65;

ἐλπίδα χρήμασιν ὠνητήν Id.3.40

;

μήτε χρημάτων φειδομένους μήτε πόνων Pl.Phd. 78a

;

ζημιοῦσθαι χρήμασιν Id.Lg. 721b

; even of debts,

διαλῦσαι τὰ χ. D.20.12

;

δεθέντ' ἐπὶ χρήμασιν ἐν τῷ δεσμωτηρίῳ Id.24.168

.—Acc. to Poll.9.87 the [dialect] Ion. used also the sg. in this sense, and so we find, ἐπὶ κόσῳ ἂν χρήματι .. ; for how much money.. ? Answ. ἐπ' οὐδενί, Hdt.3.38; ταύτην (sc. τὴν χλανίδα) πωλέω μὲν οὐδενὸς χ. δίδωμι δὲ ἄλλως ib. 139; also in Thgn.197, χ. δ' ὃ μὲν Διόθεν καὶ σὺν δίκῃ ἀνδρὶ γένηται; in [dialect] Att., οὐδενὸς ἂν χ. δεξάμενοι at no price, And.2.4; and in later Prose, fund, sum of money, Arch. f. Religionswiss.10.211 (Cos, ii B. C.);

τὸ πλῆθος τοῦ χ. D.S.13.106

, cf. Act.Ap.4.37, Luc.VH1.20;

χρήματα

merchandise,

Heraclit. 90

, X.HG1.6.37, Th.3.74; property, substance, Berl.Sitzb.1927.161 ([place name] Cyrene).

II generally, thing, matter, affair, esp. in [dialect] Ep. and [dialect] Ion., h.Merc. 332, Hes.Op. 344, 402;

χρημάτων ἄελπτον οὐδέν Archil. 74

;

πάντων χ. δικαιότατον Mimn.8

;

πρῶτον χρημάτων πάντων Hdt.7.145

; ἀντὶ πάντων χ. on every account, And.2.21; δεινότατον ἁπάντων χρημάτων ib.1; πᾶν χ. ἐκίνεε 'left no stone unturned', Hdt.5.96; τεκμαίρει χρῆμ' ἕκαστον 'deeds show the man', Pi.O.6.74;

πάντων χ. μέτρον ἄνθρωπος Protag.1

; περαίνεται τὸ χ. the issue is being decided, Plu.Caes.47: pl., simply, things,

ὁμοῦ πάντα χ. ἦν Anaxag.1

, cf. Pl.Cra. 440a, Euthd. 294d, Plot.4.2.1.

2 χρῆμα is freq. expressed where it might be omitted,

δεινὸν χ. ἐποιεῦντο Hdt.8.16

; οἷόν τι χ. ποιήσειε ib. 138; ἐς ἀφανὲς χ. ἀποστέλλειν ἀποικίην to send out a colony without any certain destination, Id.4.150; freq. in Trag., τί χρῆμα; = τί; what?

τί χ. λεύσσω; A.Pr. 300

, Ch.10; or why? E.Alc. 512; so in gen., τοῦ χ. (sc. ἕνεκα); Ar.Nu. 1223;

τί χ. δρᾷς; S.Aj. 288

, cf. Ph. 1231;

τί χ. πάσχει; E. Hipp. 909

; τί δ' ἐστὶ χρῆμα; what is the matter? A.Ch. 885;

πικρόν τί μοι δοκεῖ χ. εἶναι Pl.Grg. 485b

;

ἡδύ Id.Tht. 209e

, al.; μάλιστα χρημάτων most of anything, i. e. certainly, Anon.Oxy.1611.68 (iii A. D.); cf.

χρέος 11.2

.

3 used in periphrases to express something strange or extraordinary of its kind, ὑὸς χ. μέγα a huge monster of a boar, Hdt.1.36;

ἦν τοῦ χειμῶνος χ. ἀφόρητον Id.7.188

; τὸ χ. τῶν νυκτῶν ὅσον what a business the nights are! Ar.Nu.2; λιπαρὸν τὸ χ. τῆς πόλεως what a grand city! Id.Av. 826, cf. Lys.83; κλέπτον τὸ χ. τἀνδρός a thievish sort of fellow, Id.V. 933;

τὸ χ. τοῦ νοσήματος Id.Lys. 1085

; μακάριον.. λέγεις τυράννου χ. your tyrant-creature, Pl.R. 567e;

χ. θαυμαστὸν γυναικός Plu.Ant.31

: without a gen.,

ἔλαφον, καλόν τι χ. καὶ μέγα X.Cyr.1.4.8

; σοφόν τοι χρῆμ' ἄνθρωπος truly a clever creature is he! Theoc.15.83; κοῦφον χ. ποιητής ἐστιν καὶ πτηνὸν καὶ ἱερόν, of the poet, Pl. Ion 534b; χ. καλόν τι such a fine thing! Theoc.15.23; also in a periphrastic use, οὐδὲν χ. τοῦ ἀγκῶνος κάμψαι δύνανται cannot bend the elbow at all, Hp.Fract.42.

b so, to express a great number or mass, as we say, a deal, a heap of.., πολλόν τι χ. τῶν τέκνων, χ. πολλὸν ἀρδίων, νεῶν, Hdt.3.109, 4.81, 6.43;

χ. πολλόν τι χρυσοῦ Id.3.130

;

σμικρὸν τὸ χ. τοῦ βίου E. Supp. 953

; ὅσον τὸ χ. παρνόπων what a lot of locusts! Ar.Ach. 150;

ὅσον τὸ χ. τοῦ πλακοῦντος Id.Eq. 1219

;

πολὺ χ. τεμαχῶν Id.Pl. 894

; τὸ χ. τῶν κόπων ὅσον what a lot of them! Id.Ra. 1278;

τῶν λαμπάδων ὅσον τὸ χ. Id.Th. 281

; also of persons, χ. θηλειῶν womankind, E.Ph. 198;

σφενδονητῶν πάμπολύ τι χ. X.Cyr.2.1.5

;

μέγα χ. Λακαινᾶν Theoc.18.4

: without a gen., ὅσον τὸ χ. ἐπὶ δεῖπνον ἦλθε what a crowd.. ! Ar. Pax 1192.

III ( χράω (B) A) oracle, Emp.115.1.

ψοφ-έω, [tense] pf.

A

ἐψόφηκα Men.Sam. 324

, etc.:—sound, make a noise (opp. φωνέω, Arist.de An. 420b30, HA 535b3), E.Or. 137;

ψοφεῖ ἀρβύλη Id.Ba. 638

(troch.);

πύλαι ψοφοῦσι Id.HF78

(v. infr. 11); ψοφεῖ λάλον τι, like a cracked pot, Ar. Ach. 933 (lyr.);

ἐψόφησεν ἄμπελος Id. Pax 612

(troch.); ἐψόφει.. οὐκ οἶδ' ἅττα ib. 1152 (troch.);

ὥσπερ κύμβαλον ψοφεῖ πρὸς τῷ δαπέδῳ ἡ κοίλη ὁπλή X.Eq.1.3

;

ποταμοὶ ψοφοῦντες Pl.R. 396b

; of a bell, Str. 14.2.21: c. acc. cogn., [

ἡ χαλκὶς] ψοφεῖ οἷον συριγμόν Arist.HA 535b19

; ψ. ψόφον ib. b13.

2 esp. of an empty noise,

πάντα γάρ τοι τῷ φοβουμένῳ ψοφεῖ S.Fr.61

;

κόμποι ψοφοῦσιν Alex.25.9

;

μέγα ψοφέουσαν ἀοιδήν Call.Aet.Oxy.2079.19

(cf. Fr. 165).

II c. acc., ψοφεῖν τὰς θύρας knock at the door inside to show that one is coming out (opp. κόπτειν or κρούειν knock at the outside),

τὴν θύραν ψοφεῖ τις ἐξιών Men.Pk. 126

, cf. Epit. 454;

ἐψόφηκε προϊὼν τὴν θύραν Id.Sam. 324

, cf. Luc.Sol.9; but the two words are sts. used indiscriminately, cf. Plu.Publ.20; also of the door (intr.), τί αἱ θύραι νύκτωρ ψοφοῖεν why they were heard to open, Lys.1.14, cf. 17, Men.Sam. 222;

ἐψόφηκεν ἡ θ. Com.Adesp.21.1

D.;

ἐψόφηκε ῥόπαλον CIG5149b

([place name] Cyrene).

2 rattle a chain, Herod.7.11.

III intr., κλαίοντες αὐτῇ δειλίᾳ ψοφήσετε perh. = you will perish, come to a bad end, S.Ichn.162: cf.

διαφωνέω 3b

.

IV = μαστιγόω, ἐξουσίαν ἐχέτω.. ἐπιτειμέων τρόπ [ῳ ᾧ κα θέλῃ καὶ ψο]φέων καὶ διδέ[ων] καὶ πωλέων Supp.Epigr.2.307 (Delph.); ἐπιτιμέουσα καὶ ψοφευσασα (sic lapis; leg. ψοφεῦσα)

καὶ διδέουσα κτλ. Delph.3(2).131

(i B. C.); cf. μαστιγοῦσαι replacing ψοφέουσαι in the same formula, GDI2324 (Delph.).

ἀντί, Prep. governing gen.:—orig. sense,

A over against. (Cf. Skt. a/nti 'opposite', 'facing', Lat. ante, etc.)

A USAGE:

I of Place, opposite, over against, formerly quoted from several places of Hom., as Il.21.481 ἀντὶ ἐμεῖο (where now ἀντί' ἐμεῖο, i.e. ἀντία) Τρώων ἄνθ' ἑκατόν (i.e. ἄντα) 8.233; so ἄντ' Αἴαντος (i.e. ἄντα) 15.415, cf. Od.4.115, Hes.Op. 727; but ἀντί is so used in X.An.4.7.6, IG2.835 c-l68; αἱ ὀπαὶ αἱ γιγνόμεναι ἀ. τόρμων mortises facing tenons, Hero Bel.97.5; ἀντὶ μαιτύρων in the presence of witnesses, Leg.Gort.1.40;

ἀντὶ τῆς ὄψεως ἡμῶν Eudox. Ars18

.

II of Time, ἀντὶ νυκτός the same night, SIG1025.43 ([place name] Cos);

ἀντὶ ϝέτεος GDI2561

A45 (Delph.);

ἀντ' ἐνιαυτοῦ IG5(2).266.8

(Mantinea, i B.C.); ἀνθ' ἡμέρας· δι' ὅλης τῆς ἡμέρας, Hsch.; cf. ἀντετοῦς.

III instead, in the place of,

Ἕκτορος ἀντὶ πεφάσθαι Il.24.254

;

ἀντὶ γάμοιο τάφον Od.20.307

; so later

πολέμιος ἀντὶ φίλου καταστῆναι Hdt.1.87

;

ἀντὶ ἡμέρης νὺξ ἐγένετο Id.7.37

;

ἀντὶ φωτῶν σποδός A.Ag. 434

;

τὸν πόλεμον ἀντ' εἰρήνης μεταλαμβάνειν Th.1.120

, cf. 4.20, 7.75;

βασιλεύειν ἀντί τινος X.An.1.1.4

; also

ἀντὶ ἄρχεσθαι ὑπ' ἄλλων ἄρχειν ἁπάντων Hdt.1.210

, cf.6.32, 7.170 (where the usual constr. would be ἀντὶ τοῦ ἄρχεσθαι, cf. Th.7.28, X.Cyr.6.2.19, etc.);

ὀργίλοι ἀντὶ θυμοειδοῦς γεγένηνται Pl.R. 411c

: sts. used elliptically, ἦ 'τολμήσατ' ἀντ' ἐμοῦ δοῦναί τινι; i.e. ἀντὶ τοῦ ἐμοὶ δοῦναι, S.Ph. 369, cf. OC 448, Ar.Av.58.

2 in Hom. often to denote equivalence, ἀντί νυ πολλῶν λαῶν ἐστιν ἀνήρ he is as good as many men, Il.9.116; ἀντὶ κασιγνήτου ξεῖνος.. τέτυκται a guest is as much as a brother, Od.8.546; ἀντί τοί εἰμ' ἱκέταο I am as a suppliant, Il.21.75, cf. 8.163; so later τοῦτό σφι ἀντὶ λουτροῦ ἐστί serves as a bath, Hdt.4.75; ὑπάρχειν ἀντὶ τῶν ἔνδον to be as hostages for.., Th.2.5; δουλεύειν ἀντὶ ἀργυρωνήτων just like bought slaves, D.17.3;

ἀντὶ [πλεύμονος] βράγχια Arist. PA 669a4

.

3 to denote exchange, at the price of, in return for,

σοὶ δὲ θεοὶ τῶνδ' ἀντὶ χάριν.. δοῖεν Il.23.650

; νῆσον ἀντὶ χρημάτων παρέλαβον for money paid, Hdt.3.59;

ἀντ' ἀργυρίου ἀλλάξασθαι Pl.R. 371d

;

ἀμείβειν τι ἀντί τινος Pi.P.4.17

, cf. E.Or. 646, 651;

ἀντὶ ποίας εὐεργεσίας; Lys.6.40

, etc.;

τί δ' ἐστὶν ἀνθ' οὗ..; S.Ant. 237

;

ὄνειδος ἀνθ' ὅτου Id.OC 967

; δοίην ἀντ' ἀνιῶν ἀνίας grief for grief, Thgn.344;

ἀντ' ἀγαθῶν ἀγαθοῖσι βρύοις A.Supp. 966

:—hence

ἀνθ' ὧν

wherefore,

A.Pr.31

, S.OT 264, Th.6.83, Ev.Luc.12.3;

ἀντὶ τούτου

therefore,

Ep.Eph.5.31

; but ἀνθ' ὧν also for ἀντὶ τούτων ὄτι.., because, S.Ant. 1068, Ar.Pl. 434;

ἀντὶ τοῦ;

wherefore? why?

S.OT 1021

; also

ἀνθ' ὧν ὅτι ἦτε..

instead of being as you were..,

LXX De.28.62

.

4 for the sake of, Pl.Mx. 237a, Arist.EN 1110a21; with Verbs of entreaty, like πρός c. gen.,

ἀντὶ παίδων ἱκετεύομέν σε S.OC 1326

.

5 to mark comparison, ἓν ἀνθ' ἑνός one set against the other, compared with it, Pl.R. 331b, Lg. 705b; χάριν ἀντὶ χάριτος, i.e. ever-increasing grace, Ev.Jo.1.16; in preference to,

ἀφνεὸν βούλεται ἀντ' ἀγαθοῦ Thgn.188

;

ἀντὶ αὐλοῦ καὶ ἀντὶ κιθάρας ὁ ἦχος ἀκούεται Demetr.Eloc. 71

;

αἱρεῖσθαί τι ἀντί τινος Isoc.9.3

, D.1.1, cf. X.Lac.9.1: even after Comparatives,

πλέον ἀντὶ σοῦ S.Tr. 577

;

μείζον' ὅστις ἀντὶ τῆς αὑτοῦ πάτρας φίλον νομίζει Id.Ant. 182

; so (esp. after a neg.)

ἄλλος ἀντ' ἐμοῦ A.Pr. 467

, S.Aj. 444, Ar.Nu. 653;

δόξαν ἀντὶ τοῦ ζῆν ἠγαπηκώς Plu.Alex.42

.

B POSITION: ἀντί rarely follows its case, as in Il.23.650, A. Ag. 1277, Ig5(1).1119 (Geronthrae, iv B.C.), AP7.715 (Leon.); but the Gramm. hold that it never suffers anastrophe.

C IN COMPOS. it signifies,

1 over against, opposite, as ἀντιβαίνω, ἀντίπορος.

2 against, in opposition to, as ἀντιλέγω, ἀντίβιος.

3 one against another, mutually, as ἀντιδεξιόομαι.

4 in return, as ἀντιβοηθέω.

5 instead of, as ἀντιβασιλεύς, ἀνθύπατος.

6 equal to, like, as ἀντίθεος, ἀντίπαις, ἀντίδουλος.

7 corresponding, counter, as ἀντίφορτος, ἀντίτυπος.

ἐπέχω, [tense] fut. ἐφέξω (v. infr. IV. 1,2) and

A

ἐπισχήσω E.Andr. 160

, D. 45.88: [tense] aor. ἐπέσχον, imper. ἐπίσχες, inf. ἐπισχεῖν; poet.

ἐπισχέθοι A.Th. 453

(lyr.),

ἐπέσχεθον A.R.4.1622

: [tense] pf.

ἐπέσχηκα Supp.Epigr. 1.362.12

(Samos, iv B.C.):— have or hold upon, θρῆνυν.., τῷ κεν ἐπισχοίης (v.l. ἐπίσχοιας)

λιπαροὺς πόδας Il.14.241

, cf. Od.17.410; ποτῷ κρωσσὸν ἐ. hold it to or for.., Theoc.13.46; λόγον ζωῆς ἐπέχοντες (sc. κόσμῳ) holding it out like a torch, Ep.Phil.2.16:—[voice] Med., hold by,

χειρός A.R.4.751

.

II hold out to, present, offer,

οἶνον ἐπισχών Il. 9.489

;

ἐπέσχε τε οἶνον ἐρυθρόν Od.16.444

;

κοτύλην.. ἐπέσχε Il.22.494

; εἴ ποτέ τοι.. μαζὸν ἐπέσχον ib.83, cf. E.Andr. 225; also γάλακτι δ' οὐκ ἐπέσχον οὐδὲ μαστῷ τροφεῖα ματρός I offered not mother's food with my breast, Id. Ion 1492: c. inf.,

πιεῖν ἐπέσχον Ar.Nu. 1382

: abs., Id. Pax 1167:—[voice] Med., ἐπισχόμενος (sc. τὴν κύλικα) ἐξέπιεν having put it to his lips, Pl.Phd. 117c, cf. Stesich.7, A.R.1.472, Luc.Tox.37;

ἐπὶ χείλεσι.. μαστὸν ἐπισχομένη Euph.92

; present a sum of money, τῇ πόλει Supp.Epigr.l.c.

2 extend, spread out,

τὴν πλεκτάνην Arist. HA 550b6

.

3 simply, hold,

σκῆπτρα IPE2.37

([place name] Panticapaeum); of writings, contain, Philostr.VS2.24.2, cf. 2.9.1.

4 enjoin, impose a task, c. dat. pers., Procop.Arc.17, Vand.1.8.

III hold or direct towards,

ἔπεχε τόξον σκοπῷ Pi.O.2.89

;

ἄλλῳ ἐπεῖχε τόξα E.HF 984

:— [voice] Med., abs., ἐπισχόμενος βάλεν ἰῷ having aimed at him he hit him, Od.22.15.

b intr., aim at, attack, τί μοι ὧδ' ἐπέχεις; why thus launch out against me? 19.71; in tmesi,

ἐπὶ αὐτῷ πάντες ἔχωμεν 22.75

;

ἀλλήλοις ἐ. Hes.Th. 711

;

ἄνδρα ἐπέχοντα τῷ Πύρρῳ Plu.Pyrrh. 16

;

ἐπέχειν ἐπί τινα Hdt.9.59

;

τὰς ἐπὶ σφίσι ναῦς ἐπεχούσας Th.8.105

;

πρός τι Plu.Ant.66

: c. dat., ἀκτῇσιν ἐπέσχεθον held straight for the beach, A.R.4.1766: abs., E.Ba. 1131.

2 ἐπέχειν τὴν διάνοιαν ἐπί τινι direct one's mind to a thing, Pl.Lg. 926b;

τῷ πολέμῳ τὴν γνώμην Plu.Aem.8

, etc.; also ἐ. ἑαυτόν τινι attend to him, Pl.R. 399b codd.

b abs., ἐπέχειν (sc. τὸν νοῦν) intend, purpose, c. inf.,

ἐπεῖχε ἐλλάμψεσθαι Hdt.1.80

, cf. 153, 6.96: c. dat. rei, to be intent upon, ταῖς ἀρχαῖς, διαβάσει, etc., Ar.Lys. 490, Plb.3.43.2, etc.

3 stand facing, face in a line of battle, οὗτοι (sc. οἱ Μῆδοι)

ἐπέσχον Κορινθίους Hdt.9.31

.

IV hold back, keep in check,

ἐπέσχε δὲ καλὰ ῥέεθρα Il. 21.244

;

καὶ πῶς ἐπέσχε χεῖρα μαιμῶσαν φόνου; S.Aj.50

; ἐπισχὼν ἡνίαν ib. 847;

ἐπίσχωμεν τὸ πλεῖν Id.Ph. 881

;

ὀργάς E.Hel. 1642

;

οὐκ ἐφέξετε στόμα; Id.Hec. 1283

; χρησμοὺς ἐ. withhold them, Id.Ph. 866; ἐπέχειν τινὰ τῷ ξύλῳ keep him down with the stick, Ar. Pax 1121;

τὸ εὐθέως ἐπιχειρεῖν Th.7.33

; confine, as the earth a corpse, AP7.461 (Mel.);

ἐ. τῇ χειρὶ τὸ στόμα

cover,

Plu.Cat.Mi.28

;

ἐπέχομεν τὴν ἐκπνοήν Gal.6.172

;

τὰς διαχωρήσεις ἐ. Id.Vict.Att.12

:—[voice] Med.,

ἐπισχόμενος τὰ ὦτα Pl.Smp. 216a

:—[voice] Pass.,

τοῦ βάθους ἐπεσχημένου J. AJ5.1.3

; to be prevented, hindered,

ὑπό τινος PFreib.11.13

(iv A.D.); of the menses, Gal.1.184.

b stay or adjourn proceedings,

τὰ πρὸς Ἀργείους Th.5.46

; τὴν ζημίαν καὶ τὴν κατασκαφήν ib.63;

τὴν δίαιταν D.21.84

; suspend payments, in [voice] Pass., PTeb.337.4 (ii/iii A.D.), cf. PGiss.48.11 (iii A.D.).

c

ἐ. τινά τινος

stop, hinder from,

E.Andr. 160

, Ar.Lys. 742, D.S.13.87: c. inf., σε μήτε νὺξ μήτε ἡμέρα ἐπισχέτω ὥστε ἀνεῖναι.. let them not stop thee so that thou neglect.., Th.1.129;

ἐ. τινὰ μὴ πράσσειν τι S.El. 517

, Ph. 349;

κλαυθμυρίζον τὸ βρέφος ἐπισχεῖν μὴ δυνάμεναι Sor.1.88

:—[voice] Pass., μηδενὸς ἐπεχομένου no objection being taken, PTeb.327.37 (ii A.D.).

d impers.,

ἐπέχει

there is a hindrance,

Astramps.Orac.97.3

.

2 abs., stay, pause,

Ἀντίνοος δ' ἔτ' ἐπεῖχε Od.21.186

; refrain, Hdt.1.32, 5.51, 7.139; εἰ δ' ἐφέξετον if you tarry, S.El. 1369, etc.: folld. by a Conj., esp. in imper., ἐπίσχες ἢν.. wait and see whether.., E.Supp. 397;

ἐπίσχες ἔστ' ἂν.. προσμάθῃς A.Pr. 697

;

ἐ. ἕως.. D.4.1

;

μέχρι τοσούτου ἔως.. Th.1.90

; ἐπίσχες, abs., hold! stop! A.Ch. 896, S.OC 856, etc.;

ἐπίσχετε, μηδὲ συρίξητε Timocl.2.6D.

;

ἐπίσχετον, μάθωμεν S.Ph. 539

, cf. E. Hipp. 567; in part.,

ἐπισχὼν ὀλίγον χρόνον Hdt.1.132

, al.; τὸ ἐπισχεῖν, opp. τὸ παραχρῆμα, Antipho 5.73; οὐ πολὺν χρόνον ἐπισχὼν ἧκεν came after a short interval, Pl.Phd. 59e; μικρὸν ἐπισχόντα διεφθείροντο they very shortly died, Thphr.HP4.4.13, cf. Diocl.Fr.43; in Th.2.81 οὐκ ἐπέσχον τὸ στρατόπεδον καταλαβεῖν did not halt for the purpose of occupying a camp (unless it, = ' had no intention of occupying').

b c. gen. rei, stop or cease from,

ἐπίσχες τοῦ δρόμου Ar.Av. 1200

;

τῆς πορείας X.Cyr.4.2.12

;

τούτου Th.8.31

; also

ἐ. περί τινος Id.5.32

, cf. 8.5: so c. inf., leave off, cease to do, X.Mem.3.6.10: c. part., cease doing,

ἀναλῶν οὐκ ἐφέξεις Ar.Eq. 915

(lyr.), cf. E.Ph. 449.

c as technical term of the Sceptics, suspend judgement, doubt, Str.2.1.11, Ph.1.387, S.E.P.1.196;

ἐ. ἐν τοῖς ἀδήλοις Plu. 2.955c

;

< πρὸς> τὰ ἄδηλα Arr. Epict.1.7.5

.

3 [voice] Med., maintain reserve,

ἐπείχετο [ἡ σύγκλητος] κατὰ τοὺς Ἀθηναίους Plb.30.19.17

(s. v.l.).

V reach or extend over a space,

ἐπτὰ δ' ἐπέσχε πέλεθρα Il. 21.407

; ὁπόσσον ἐπέσχε πυρὸς μένος so far as the fire reached, 23.238, cf. Hdt.7.19, Th.2.77, f.l. in Hp.Aër.5, etc.: [tense] aor. [voice] Med., ἐπέσχετο he lay outstretched, Hes. Th. 177;

βούβρωστις ἐπέσχετο κόσμον

prevailed over..,

Epigr.Gr.793.5

([place name] Apollonia);

ἀφορία ἐ. τὸν βίον Longin.44.1

.

VI have power over, occupy a country,

οἱ Σκύθαι τὴν Ἀσίην πᾶσαν ἐπέσχον Hdt.1.104

, cf. 108, 8.32, Th.2.101, 7.62, etc.; of things, ἐπ' ὀκτὼ μῆνας Κυρηναίους ὀπώρη ἐ. occupies or engages them, Hdt.4.199;

τὴν πόλιν ἐπεῖχε κλαυθμός Plu.Oth.17

; ὧν τὰς χρόας τὸ

ἡμερινὸν φῶς ἐ.

overspreads,

Pl.R. 508c

:

κραυγῆς ἐπεχούσης τὴν ἐκκλησίαν D.S.13.87

;

πρὸ τοῦ τὰ σώματα τὰς ὠδῖνας ἐπισχεῖν Sor.2.53

: generally, occupy, τὴν κρατίστην μοῖραν ἐ. hold the foremost place, Longin.9.1, cf. 44.12;

ὕλης ἐ. τάξιν Stoic.3.27

;

τὴν γῆν κέντρου λόγον ἐπέχουσαν D.L.7.155

, cf. Placit.3.Praef.;

τὸν τέλειον ἐ. λόγον Gal.19.160

; δίκην ἐπέχειν ἡμᾶς φυτῶν we are like plants, MenoIatr. 6.18.

2 abs., prevail, predominate,

ἢν μὴ λαμπρὸς ἄνεμος ἐπέχῃ Hdt.2.96

;

σεισμοὶ ἐπέσχον ἐπὶ πλεῖστον μέρος γῆς Th.1.23

; πάντῃ ἐπεῖχε γαλήνη Timo 63; [

τῶν νεῶν] ἐπὶ πολὺ τῆς θαλάσσης ἐπεχουσῶν

being spread over..,

Th.1.50

;

τὴν [τύχην].., ἣ νῦν ἐπέχει D.18.253

;

ἐτησίων ἐπεχόντων Plb.5.5.6

.

b of Time, continue,

τὴν θύραν ἐπεῖχε κρούων Ar.Ec. 317

;

ἐπέχων καὶ οὐκ ἀνιείς

continuously,

Pl.Tht. 165e

;

ἐπὶ πλείους ἡμέρας ὁ σεισμὸς ἐπεῖχεν D.C.68.25

; σκότος, νὺξ ἐπέσχε, came on, Plu.Mar.20, Crass.30, etc.

VII [voice] Med., [tense] fut. ἐπιέξομαι, meet, Orac. in Michel855.39 (Magn. Mae.).

ὁτιή (better [full] ὅτι ἢ, v. infr.), Conj., colloquial form of ὅτι B,

A because, E.Cyc. 643, Eup.305, Ar.Eq.29, 34, 181, 236, etc.: folld. by

τί, ὁτιὴ τί

; 'cause why?

Id.Nu. 784

; ὁτιὴ τί δή; ib. 755. (The accentuation ὅτι ἢ is implied by A.D., who says

πρὸς πάντων συμφώνως ἀνεγνώσθη ἐν ὀξείᾳ τάσει τὸ ο ¯ Conj.256.2

, cf. Synt.307.22; only ὁτιὴ is found in codd., and Eust. has

οἱ Ἀττικοὶ ὀξυτόνως λέγουσι τιὴ καὶ ὁτιή 118.36

, cf. 45.4; cf.

ἦ 1.2

.)

2 more rarely, = ὅτι, that, Ar.Eq. 360, Nu. 331, V. 1395, Av. 1010.

Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `hunting, prey' (Od.)

Compounds: Instruments: πυράγρα `fire-tongs' (Il.), κρεάγρα `meat-tongs' (Ar.); ὀδοντάγρα `tooth-tongs'; diseases: ποδάγρα `podagra'; in - άγρετος: αὑτάγρετος `self-chosen' (Od.). The interpretation of these words is debated. βοάγρια, ἀνδράγριον `what was taken from a cow (= shield)', from a man, spoils of a slain enemy'.

Derivatives: ἀγρεύς `hunter' (Pi.); on the meaning of ἀγρέτης see Redard Les noms grecs en -της 236 A. 58; - ἀγρώσσω `catch' (Od.), cf. Schwyzer 733 ζ. ἀγρέω `take, seize' (Il.; only ipv. ἄγρει, - τε; but see Wackernagel Unt. 166f.), Aeol. ipv. κατάγρεντον.

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: The relation between ἄγρα and ἀγρέω is unclear. Against ἀγρέω as denominative from ἄγρα Schwyzer 727 A.1. McKenzie, Cl. Quarterly 15, 46f and 125, wants to separate the two words. DELG is inclined to accept this (I see no reason why then ἄγρα would have to be connected with ἄγω). It is said that ἀγρέω and αἱρέω influenced each other, but where? - Connection with the Indo-Iranian words is now rejected (see Frisk, DELG). From Celtic are compared W. aer `battle' (\< *agrā), Ir. ár n. `defeat' (\< * agrom), Gaul. peoples name Veragri. - Fur. (s. index) thinks ἀγρέω is a substr. word, because of the prenasalized forms (Thess. αγγρε-), because of the form with αι for α ( Έξαίγρετος on coins from Asia Minor, Vendryes, Mél. Boisacq 2, 331-334; this form I find hardly reliable), because of the variant ἐγρέω, and because of the metathesized form αργειτε. Non-IE origin is for both words quite possible.

See also: ζωγρέω

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Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: 1. name of a front sail (Plb., D. S.) or the spar on which such sail (Poll.), Lat. LW [loanword] dolō (Liv.); adj. δολωνικός (Pap.). - 2. `secret weapon, stiletto' (Plu. TG 10);

Derivatives: Demin. δολίσκος δόλων, παραξιφίς H. Lat. dolō `id.' (Varro).

Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]\/XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: The `secret waepon' could be from δόλος. - On δόλων as a sail nothing can be said. (Connection with δέλτος (s. v.), OHG, NHG Zelt is very weak.) DELG is convinced that it is one word; I don't known why. Cf. Rougé, Organisation du commerce maritime 59.

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Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `joy, play' (S. Fr. 3, Nic. Th. 880);

Other forms: Also ἀψίαι ἑορταί. Λάκωνες H.; ψιά H., ψιάδδειν = παίζειν (Ar.). Perhaps ψίνθος τέρψις H.

Compounds: as 2. member in φιλ-έψιος (Com.), ὁμ-έψιος (AP). Also n. pl. ἕψεια παίγνια H., ἕψια (EM). Postverbal from ἑψιάομαι, - άσασθαι, also with ἀφ-, ἐφ-, καθ-, `(en)joy, play' (Od.; cf. Wackernagel Unt. 46f.).

Derivatives: Also, through loss of the anlauting vowel (Strömberg Wortstudien 45), ψιάδδειν = παίζειν (Ar. Lys. 1302 [lyr.], H.), ψιά χαρά, γελοίασμα, παίγνια H.

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]

Etymology: Formation like the "verbs of disease" in - ιάω (Schwyzer 732); further unclear. Obsolete hypotheses in Bq. - Note the variations: ἐ-, ἑ- ἀ, stress on first or second syllable and ψιά H., ψιάδδειν; the word will be Pre-Greek (Fur. 139, 352, 376). - Meier-Brügger, MSS 50 (1989) assumes a noun * sengʷʰ- ti- `singing', with *῎῎ἔψις from *εμψις; one asks why *ἕμψις was not retained; it does not explain the variations; also there is no reason to assume that the word primarily referred to music.

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Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `axe, double axe, hatchet' (Il.).

Other forms: Ion. - εος; cf. βέλεκκος bel.

Dialectal forms: Myc. perekuwanaka ?? (Puhvel KZ 73, 221 f.).

Compounds: As 2. member in ἑξα-πέλεκυς = Lat. sexfascalis (Plb.), σφυρο-πέλεκυς `hammer-axe' (Att. inscr.; Risch IF 59, 57 f.; cf. Schwyzer RhM 79, 314ff.); ἡμι-πέλεκκον n. "half-axe", `axe with one edge' (Ψ 851), from adj. *ἡμι-πέλεκϜ-ος `consisting of half an axe' (Risch IF 59, 51);

Derivatives: πελέκ-ιον n. dimin. (Att. inscr.), πέλεκκ-ον (- ος) n. (m.) `axe-handle' (Ν 612, Poll., H.; from - κϜ-ον as πελεκκ-άω below), πελεκυ-νάριον `id.' (Theo Sm.); πελεκ-ᾶς, - ᾶτος m. `axe-smith' (Ostr. I<sup>a</sup>; Olsson Arch. f. Pap. 11, 219). Two denominatives: 1. πελεκ-άω (- εκκάω ε 244 from *-εκϜ-άω; Schwyzer 227 a. 731), rarely w. ἀνα-, ἀπο-, ἐκ-, κατα-, `to cut with a π.' (ε 244) with - ημα, - ησις, - ητής, - ήτωρ, - ητρίς, - ητός (hell.); 2. πελεκ-ίζω ( ἀπο- AB) `to chop off with a π.', esp. `to behead' (Plb., Str.) with - ισμός (D. S.). πέλεκρα ἀξίνη is obscure and may be late. -- Through transformation after the instrument-namen in - υξ (Chantraine Form. 383) πέλυξ `id.' (LXX, pap.) with πελύκ-ιον (Peripl. M. Rubr., Pap.).

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]

Etymology: Identical with Skt. paraśú- m. `axe, battle-axe' but for the accent as inherited(?) word; IE *peleḱu-(?); further Iran. forms, e.g. Osset. færæt `axe'; as Iran. LW [loanword] Toch. A porat, B peret `axe' (but see Benveniste, Études sur la langue ossète 107f.. -- Long as IE LW [loanword] identified with Accad. pilakku supp. `axe' (e.g. Kretschmer Einleitung 105 f.). The Accad. word however never means `axe' (rather `spindle'), which is why this comparison must be given up. It may be a loan from an southeastern language in a limited IE area which seems possible, though there are no further connections known. Cf. Mayrhofer KEWA 2,213 with further details and lit.; also Porzig Gliederung 160 and Thieme Die Heimat d. idg. Gemeinspr. 52 f. - Furnée 150f. points to βέλεκκος ὄσπριόν τι ἐμφερες λαθύρῳ μέγεθος ἐρεβίνθου ἔχον H. Further cf. his notes 39 and 40 (p. 150f.). He also assumes that the - κκ- rather is Pre-Greek gemination. Further πέλεκρα is rather a Pre-Greek formation, like πέλυξ.

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Grammatical information: n.

Meaning: `beehive, skep' (Hes. Th. 594, IG 1<sup>2</sup>, 326, 15, Pl. R. 552c, Arist.), `swarm of bees (wasps), swarm in general' (A. Pers. 128 [lyr.], S. Fr. 897, com., Pl., Arist. etc.); pl. σμῆνα (Orac. ap. Plu. 2, 96b), σμῆναι (leg. -η?) τῶν μελισσῶν οἱ κηροδόχοι, ἤτοι αἱ θῆκαι H.; as des. of goddesses (for trad. σεμναί) h. Merc. 552 (Feyel Rev. Arch. 1946, 5ff.)?

Other forms: Dor. (Theoc.) σμᾱ̃νος.

Compounds: Some compp., e. g. σμην-ουργός m. `beekeeper' (Ael., Poll.), φιλό-σμηνος ( μέλισσα) `loving swarms, appearing in swarms' (Nonn.).

Derivatives: σμην-ίον n. dimin. `beehive' (Dsc.), = πρόπολις H.; - ών, - ῶνος m. `station (stand) of beehives' (Olymos I^a; ζμ-), - ιών `id.' (Apollon. Mir.), - ηδόν `in swarms' (Hdn. Epim.).

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]

Etymology: Formation as ἔθνος, κτῆνος, ἔρνος, τέμενος a.o.; orig. meaning rather `swarm (of bees)' than `beehive'. Unexplained. To be rejected Johansson BB 13, 119 and Bezzenberger KZ 42, 192 (s. Bq); thus Prellwitz Glotta 19, 103. -- Furnée 376 compares ἰσμῆναι θῆκαι, ἀκόλουθοι H. (see Latte); this does not prove that the word is Pre-Greek, but this seems more probable to me (I don't see why DELG says "prob. of IE origin".)

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Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `span, the range between the stretched thumbs and the little finger' (IA).

Compounds: As 2. member a. o. in τρι-σπίθαμος `measuring three spans' (Hes. Op. 426 a.o.; cf. den Boer Mnem. 4: 9, 3).

Derivatives: σπιθαμ-ιαῖος `one span wide' (Hp., Arist. a. o.).

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin](X)

Etymology: Has be compared with the group παλάμη, δόχμη, πυγμή (s. vv. w. lit.) a. o.; on the θ-suffix cf. also σπιθίαι σανίδες (`planks') νεώς H. (here Frisk mentions Germ. Spant, I don't understand why). -- I see no reason to connect σπίδιος a. cognates. - It seems to me that this is a Pre-Greek word (suffix - αμ-), though I see no further indications for it.

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Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `to stretch out, to spread out, to make one's bed, to even, to pave, to strew, to sprinkle' (ρ 32).

Other forms: στρώννυμι (A. Ag. 909 [ στορνύναι Elmsley], hell. a. late), στορέννυμι (late), everywhere also - ύω, aor. στορέσαι (Il.), στρῶσαι (IA.), pass. στορεσθῆναι (Hp. a.o.), στρωθῆναι (D.S. etc.), perf. pass. ἔστρωμαι (since Κ 155), ἐστόροται or - ηται (Aeol. gramm.), ἐστόρεσμαι (late), act. ἔστρωκα (hell. a. late), fut. στορῶ (Ar.), στρώσω (E. etc.), Dor. στορεσεῖν (Theoc.), στρωννύσω (Ps.-Luc.), pass. στρωθήσομαι (LXX), vbaladj. στρωτός (Hes.).

Compounds: Often w. prefix, e.g. ὑπο-, κατα-, ἐπι-.

Derivatives: l. στρῶμα ( κατά-, ὑπό- a.o.) n. `which is spread out, carpet, bedding, layer' (IA.) with - άτιον n. (hell. a. late - ατεύς m. 'bed-sack' (Thphr. a.o.), `variegated patchwork' (Gell.), name of a fish (Philo ap. Ath.; after the golden stripes; Bosshardt 62, Strömberg Fischn. 28), - ατίτης ἔρανος `picknick with one's own bedding' (Cratin.; Redard 115), - ατίζω `to provide with a carpet, to plaster' (hell. inscr., Poll., H.). 2. στρωμνή, Dor. -ά, Aeol. -ᾶ f. `carpet, mattress, bed' (Sapph., Pi., Att. etc.) with - άομαι in ἐστρωμνημένος (Phot.); cf. λίμνη, ποίμνη a.o. 3. στρῶσις ( ὑπό- a.o.) f. `the spreading, plastering' (hell. a. late). 4. στρωτήρ m. `cross-beam, roof-lath' (Ar. Fr. 72, hell. a. late) with - ήριον, - ηρίδιον `id.' (EM, H., Suid.); στρώτης m. `one that gets ready the beds and dinner couches' (middl. com., Plu.). 5. On itself stands στορεύς m. `the lower, flat part of a device for making fire' (H., sch.). = γαληνοποιός (H.); from *στόρος or -ά?; cf. Bosshardt 80. 6. With ο-vowel also στόρνη f. = ζώνη (Call., Lyc.), prob. to στόρνυμι; here Myc. api tonijo (Taillardat REGr. 73, 5ff.)?? Thus στορνυτέα καταστρωτέα, περιοικοδομητέα H.

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [1029] * sterh₃- `spread out'

Etymology: The original triad στόρ-νυμι: στορέ-σαι: στρω-τός, ἔ-στρω-μαι is partly leveled through innovations: στρώννυμι (after ζών-νυ-μι for ζωσ-), στρῶσαι after στρωτός, ἔστρωμαι; στορέννυμι after στορέσαι. As in κορέσαι, κορέννυμι, ὀλέσαι, ὄλλυμι a.o. the ο-vowel makes difficulties and has aroused a lively discussion (s. lit. s. vv.). With στόρνυμι (for *στάρνυμι?) agrees further formally Skt. str̥ṇóti `stretch down, throw down'; because of Germ., e.g. Goth. straujan, NHG streuen we can posit an IE * streu- with n-infix. Other nasal presents are Skt. str̥ṇā́ti `id.', Lat. sternō = OIr. sernim `spread out', Alb. shtrinj `id.' (IE *str̥ni̯ō). On semantic differentiation Narten Münch. Stud. 22, 57 ff., Sprache 14, 131 f. To the zero grade στρωτός answers Lat. strātus, Lith. stìrta f. `heap of hay, piled up heap, dry scaffolding' and Skt.stīrṇá- `spread out'. Disyllabic the full grade στορέ-σαι like Skt. a-starī-ṣ (2. sg.; midd. 3. sg. a-stari-ṣṭa, inf. stari-tavai; one expects * sterh₃- which would give στερο-, which has been metathesized to στορε-, but we don't know how or why; cf Schwyzer 752). Also στρῶμα has an exact counterpart, i.e. in Lat. strāmen, strāmentum `straw' (beside Skt. stárĩ-man- n. `expansion'; cf. Schwyzer 520 w. n. 5). Also agree στόρνη = ζώνη and Slav., e.g. Russ. storoná `region, side', both prob. as innovations. The isolated στορεύς (from *στόρος, -ά or innovation to στορ-έσαι, - νυμι?) represents also the same vowel grade as Russ. pro-tór m. `room, greatness' and Skt. pra-stará- m. `straw, cushion, flatness'. Further forms w. lit. in Bq, WP. 2, 638ff., Pok. 1029ff., W.-Hofmann s. sternō, Fraenkel s. stìrta, Vasmer s. prosterétь and storoná. On the stemformation esp. Strunk Nasalpräs. u. Aor. (1967) 113 f. Cf. still στέρνον and στρατός.

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Grammatical information: m., f.

Meaning: `Laconian, Lacedaimonian, or f.', name of the inhabitant of Laconia (Lacedaimon), also as adj. (f. also Λακωνίς) `laconian, lacedaimonian' (Thgn., Pi.).

Other forms: Λάκαινα

Compounds: Few compp. like λακωνο-μανέω `imitate Lacedaemonian manners', μισο-λάκων `Laonia(n)-hater, enemy of Sparta' (Ar.).

Derivatives: Λακωνικός `Laconian' (IA.), Λα-κώνιον name of a female cloth (pap.); λακωνίζω `behave like a L., be minded like.., speak like etc.' (Att. ; Schwyzer 736) with Λακων-ισταί m. pl. `partisan of the L.' (Fraenkel Nom. ag. 2, 71), - ισμός `L.-friedly behaviour' (X.).

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]

Etymology: Acc. to Dittenberger Herm. 41, 196 hypocoristic for official Λακεδαιμόνιος, why f. Λάκαινα (for Λακεδαιμονία) is almost alone; vgl. Chantraine Études 108 w. n. 2. Krahe IF 57, 119 connects the name as prob. Illyrian with Lacinium promontory in southern Italy, Iuno Lacinia. Fur. 171 n. 117 thinks that the suffix - αινα is Pre-Greek.

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αἰσθάνομαι fut. αἰσθήσῃ Pr 24:14, αἰσθηθήσεσθε Is 33:11, αἰσθανθήσεται 49:26; 2 aor. ᾐσθόμην, subj. αἴσθωμαι (Aeschyl.+).

① to be aware of someth. by means of the senses, notice (Cleanthes [s. 2, end]; Appian, Liby. 120 §568; TestJud 15:1; Tat. 17, 4) Dg 2:8 (cp. EpJer 19; 23).

② to have the capacity to discern and therefore understand what is not readily comprehensible, understand (X., Cyr. 1, 5, 4 al.; Pr 17:10; 24:14; Ar.; Iren. 1, 4, 1 [Harv. I 32, 7]) ῥῆμα Lk 9:45 (opp. ἀγνοέω). γνώμην B 2:9. W. ὅτι foll. (Ar. 12, 8; Dio Chrys. 52 [69], 2; Is 49:26) 6:18. αἰσθάνεσθε (you) notice w. indir. quest. foll. (Epict. 1, 6, 41; 3, 23, 16) 11:8; cp. 13:3.—Both meanings are included by Cleanthes [IV/III B.C.] Stoic. 1, p. 136, 1 (in Diog. L. 7, 172) in wordplay when he says to his pupil: οὐκ αἰσθάνομαι, ὅτι αἰσθάνῃ; ‘(Why, then, do) I not apprehend that you comprehend?’—B. 1020. DELG s.v. 1. ἀί̈ω. M-M. TW. Sv.

δάκρυον, ου, τό (Hom.+) dat. pl. δάκρυσιν (Lk 7:38, 44; LXX; JosAs 13:5 cod. A [p. 57, 12 Bat.]; ApcSed 14:3 p. 136, 1 Ja.; ApcEsdr 6:23 p. 32, 1f Tdf.; Just., D. 90, 5; Jos., Ant. 1, 275, Vi. 138; Mel., P. 18, 121. Remnant of the poet. δάκρυ? B-D-F §52; δακρύοις Empedocles, Fgm. 6, 3 D in Ath. 22, 1) fluid that drops from the eye, tear Rv 7:17; 21:4 (both Is 25:8). Elsewh. pl. (Polyb. 2, 56, 6; 7; Philo) Lk 7:38, 44 (Theodor. Prodr. 9, 275 H.: bathing feet w. tears). The pl.= weeping 2 Ti 1:4; AcPl Ha 6, 6. μετὰ δακρύων (Nicol. Dam.: 90 Fgm. 68, 3; Fgm. 130, 17 p. 399, 14 Jac.; Diod S 34+35, 11 and 34+35 Fgm. 26; Lucian, Ver. Hist. 1, 21; PPetr II, 1, 4 [260 B.C.]; Jos., Bell. 5, 420, Vi. 420; TestZeb 1:7; 2:1) Mk 9:24 v.l.; Ac 20:19, 31; Hb 5:7; 12:17; διὰ πολλῶν δ. 2 Cor 2:4 (διά A3c. On the ‘letter written w. many tears’ cp. Synes., Ep. 140 p. 276c τί ταῖς ἐπιστολαῖς τῶν δακρύων ἐγχεῖς; why do you moisten your letters with tears?).—B. 1130. DELG s.v. δάκρυ. M-M.

λύπη, ης, ἡ (s. λυπέω; Aeschyl., Hdt.+) pain of mind or spirit, grief, sorrow, affliction J 16:6; Hm 10, 1, 2; 10, 2, 1–6; 10, 3, 1; 3f; AcPl Ha 6, 16. περισσοτέρα λ. excessive sorrow 2 Cor 2:7. Opp. χαρά (X., Hell. 7, 1, 32; Eth. Epic. col. 3, 16; Philo, Abr. 151, Leg. ad Gai. 15; JosAs 9:1; ApcMos 39) J 16:20; Hb 12:11. λύπην ἔχειν have pain, be sorrowful (Dio Chrys. 46 [63], 1; ApcMos 3) in childbirth J 16:21; cp. vs. 22. λ. ἔχειν ἀπό τινος be pained by someone 2 Cor 2:3. λύπην ἐπὶ λύπην ἔχειν sorrow upon sorrow Phil 2:27; opp. πολυτέλεια λύπην μὴ ἔχουσα wealth without pain Hs 1:10. λ. μοί ἐστιν μεγάλη I am greatly pained Ro 9:2 (cp. Tobit 3:6; TestJud 23:1 πολλὴ λύπη μοί ἐστι.—λ. μεγάλη as Jon 4:1; TestJob 34:5; ApcMos 9). βαλεῖν τινα εἰς λύπην plunge someone into grief 1 Cl 46:9. τὸ μὴ πάλιν ἐν λ. πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἐλθεῖν not to come to you again in sorrow 2 Cor 2:1. τί … σεαυτῷ λύπην ἐπισπᾶσαι why are you bringing sorrow on yourself Hs 9, 2, 6. ἀποβαλεῖν πᾶσαν λ. lay aside all sorrow Hv 4, 3, 4; ἀποθέμενον τὸ τῆς λ. AcPl BMM recto 7 (for this AcPl Ha 8, 8: το]|[κατηφ]ὲ̣̣ ἀποθέμενον, as restored by Schmidt, but on this s. κατηφής). Also αἴρειν ἀφʼ ἑαυτοῦ τὴν λ. Hm 10, 1, 1 (opp. ἱλαρότης 10, 3, 1). ἐξέπτη ἡ λ. αὐτοῦ his anxiety (over the combat with beasts) took wings AcPl Ha 3, 17. συγκόπτεσθαι ἀπὸ τῆς λύπης be crushed with sorrow Hv 5:4. ἀπὸ τῆς λ. from sorrow Lk 22:45 (TestJos 8:5 συνείχετο ἀπὸ τῆς λύπης; ParJer 7:26 ἵνα μὴ διαφθαρῇ ἀπὸ τῆς λ.; cp. UPZ 18, 13 [163 B.C.] ἀποθνήσκει ὑπὸ τῆς λ.; Jos., Ant. 6, 337). ἐκ λύπης reluctantly 2 Cor 9:7 (cp. Soph., O.C. 1636f of Theseus’s generous acceptance, οὐκ οἴκτου μέτα, of Oedipus’s last mandate; cp. 1 Pt 4:9; on the grammar cp. ἐκ τῆς λύπης Aesop, Fab. 275 P.; JosAs 29:9). διὰ τὴν λ. in sorrow AcPl Ha 5, 24. ἡ κατὰ θεὸν λ. sorrow that God approves 2 Cor 7:10a (leading to μετάνοια as Plut., Mor. 961d). In contrast to this ἡ τοῦ κόσμου λύπη the sorrow of the world vs. 10b. λύπην ἐπάγειν τῷ πνεύματι bring grief to the spirit Hm 3:4. λύπη personified Hs 9, 15, 3.—Pl. (Demosth., Ep. 2, 25; Dio Chrys. 80 [30], 14; Gen 3:16f; 5:29; Pr 15:13; 31:6; PsSol 4:15; ParJer 7:36 διὰ τὰς λ.) αἱ πρότεραι λῦπαι the former sorrows Hv 3, 13, 2. ὑποφέρειν λύπας 1 Pt 2:19. παλαιοῦσθαι ταῖς λύπαις be aged by sorrows Hv 3, 11, 3.—B. 1118. BHHW III 2021ff. Schmidt, Syn. II 574–95; DELG. M-M. EDNT. TW. Spicq. Sv.

μέσος, η, ον (Hom.+). The distinction between ‘middle’ and ‘among’ for μ. is sometimes rather fluid, and some of the passages here cited may fit equally well under 1 or 2.

① pert. to a middle position spatially or temporally, middle, in the middle.

ⓐ as adj. (of intermediate terms: Pla., Rep. 330b, Pol. 303a) ὁ μέσος αὐτῶν ἀνήρ the man in their midst, apparently surrounded by them Hs 9, 12, 7. μέσης νυκτός at midnight (3 Km 3:20.—B-D-F §270, 2; Rob. 495; Lobeck, Phryn. p. 53; 54; 465) Mt 25:6. ἡμέρας μέσης at midday (Jos., Bell. 1, 651, Ant. 17, 155) Ac 26:13. εἰς μέσην τὴν οἰκοδομήν into the middle of the building Hs 9, 7, 5; cp. 9, 8, 2; 4; 6 (cp. Philo, Fuga 49 εἰς μέσον τὸν ποταμόν; Jos., Ant. 4, 80 εἰς μέσον τὸ πῦρ). ἐσταύρωσαν … μέσον τὸν Ἰησοῦν they crucified Jesus between (them) J 19:18. ἐσχίσθη τὸ καταπέτασμα μέσον the curtain was torn in two Lk 23:45 (cp. Artem. 4, 30 τὸ ἱμάτιον μέσον ἐρρωγέναι). ἐλάκησεν μέσος Ac 1:18 (cp. Aristoph., Ran. 955). ἐν μέσοις τοῖς ὀργάνοις τοῦ διαβόλου in the midst of the tools of the devil 2 Cl 18:2 (for the syntax cp. Gen 2:9 ἐν μέσῳ τῷ παραδείσῳ).

ⓑ as subst. neut. τὸ μ. the middle (on the absence of the art. s. B-D-F §264, 4; cp. Rob. 792) ἀνὰ μέσον τινός (s. ἀνά 1) ἀνὰ μέσον τῶν ὁρίων within or through the region Mk 7:31. ἀνὰ μ. αὐτῶν between them GPt 4:10; Hs 9, 2, 3; 9, 15, 2. ἀνὰ μ. ἐκκλησίας ἁγίων B 6:16; 4:10; διακρῖναι ἀνὰ μ. τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ between one (congregation) member and another 1 Cor 6:5 (s. ἀνά 1b. Perh. μέσος prompted a shortening of the sentence tending to obscurity; cp. the Stoic expr. μέσα καθήκοντα = καθήκοντα ἃ ἐν μέσῳ ἐστὶ κατορθωμάτων κ. ἁμαρτημάτων: MPohlenz, D. Stoa II ’49, 73f). τὸ ἀρνίον τὸ ἀ. μ. τοῦ θρόνου the lamb who is (seated) on the center of the throne Rv 7:17. ἀνὰ μ. τῆς ὁδοῦ (they made) half their journey GJs 17:3.—διὰ μέσου αὐτῶν through the midst of them (X., An. 1, 4, 4; Aesop. Fab. 147 P.=247 H./201a Ch./152 [I, II] H-H.; Am 5:17; Jer 44:4; Jdth 11:19; 1 Macc 5:46; Ath. 18, 3 ‘between’) Lk 4:30; J 8:59 v.l. διὰ μέσον Σαμαρείας καὶ Γαλιλαίας Lk 17:11 prob. can only mean through Samaria and Galilee; but this raises a practical difficulty, since we should expect to find the provinces mentioned in the opposite order. Perh. the text is damaged (cp. the vv.ll. διὰ μέσου and μέσον; s. B-D-F §222; Rob. 648; JBlinzler, AWikenhauser Festschr. ’54, 46ff. If the v.l. διὰ μέσου Σ. καὶ Γ. should be correct, we could compare Maximus Tyr. 28, 4a διὰ μέσου πίστεως κ. ἀπιστίας=throughout between). For the view that μέσον signifies the area betw. S. and G. s. the comm. Cp. δια B1.—εἰς τὸ μέσον into the middle or center (X., Cyr. 3, 1, 6; Dio Chrys. 19 [36], 24; 3 Km 6:8; Jos., Ant. 9, 149) Mk 3:3; Lk 4:35; 5:19; 6:8; J 20:19, 26 (ἔστη εἰς τὸ μέσον as Vi. Aesopi G 82 P.); Hs 9, 8, 5; also in the middle 9, 6, 1. W. gen. (X., An. 1, 5; 14a; Jer 21:4; 48:7; Sb 6270, 13) εἰς τὸ μ. αὐτῶν in the midst of them 9, 11, 7. Without the art. (LXX; Jos., Vi. 334; SibOr 3, 674) εἰς μ. τοῦ πεδίου in the middle of the plain Hs 9, 2, 1 (εἰς μ.=‘in the middle’, as Ps.-Clem., Hom. 3, 30 p. 44, 21 Lag.). τί … τὸ ἔριον εἰς μ. τῶν ἀκανθῶν τιθέασιν; Why do they place the wool in the middle of the thorns? 7:11. ἀναστὰς εἰς μ. he arose (and came) forward Mk 14:60 (cp. Theocr. 22, 82 ἐς μέσον=into the middle; Himerius, Or. 63 [=Or. 17], 2 εἰς μέσον ἔρχεσθαι=come into the open; X., Cyr. 4, 1, 1 στὰς εἰς τὸ μ.).—ἐν τῷ μ. among, before (more closely defined by the context, or = in public [so Clearch., Fgm. 45 οἴκοι καὶ μὴ ἐν τῷ μέσῳ; Appian, Liby. 15 §63]) Mt 14:6 (Dio Chrys. 30 [79], 39 ὀρχεῖσθαι ἐν τῷ μέσω; Lucian, Pereg. 8) and into the middle, before (them) (Vi. Aesopi W c. 86 στὰς ἐν τῷ μέσῳ ἔφη) Ac 4:7. Without the art. (LXX) ἐν μέσῳ (on the spelling ἐμ μέσῳ, which occurs several times as v.l., s. B-D-F §19, 1; Mlt-H. 105) abs. into the middle, before (someone) (Appian, Hann. 16 §67, Liby. 14 §59; Jos., Ant. 7, 278) J 8:3; MPol 18:1 and in the middle (Pla., Rep. 558a; Herm. Wr. 4, 3; PLille 1 recto, 5 [259 B.C.]; GrBar 13:4) J 8:9. W. gen. of place (Aeneas Tact. 1529; 1532; TestAbr A 12 p. 90, 21 [Stone p. 28], B 8 p. 113, 3 [St. p. 74]; ParJer 1:2; GrBar 10:2) τῆς θαλάσσης (En 97:7) in the middle of the lake Mk 6:47. τῆς πλατείας through the middle of the street Rv 22:2. ἐν μ. τῆς αὐλῆς in the middle of the courtyard Lk 22:55a; τοῦ τάφου GPt 13:55. ἐν μ. αὐτῆς within it (the city of Jerusalem) Lk 21:21; cp. Dg 12:3; MPol 12:1; 12:2(?). ἐν μ. τοῦ θρόνου καὶ τῶν τεσσάρων ζῴων on the center of the throne and among the four living creatures Rv 5:6a (w. double gen. also between: Appian, Hann. 14 §60, Bell. Civ. 5, 23 §92; Arrian, Anab. 1, 20, 2; 3, 28, 8 al.; Lucian, Fugit. 10 ἐν μ. ἀλαζονείας κ. φιλοσοφίας). ἐν μέσῳ τ. θρόνου around (on every side of) the throne 4:6 (but between the throne and a more remote point: RBrewer, JBL 71, ’52, 227–31).—ἐν μέσῳ ἐκκλησίας Hb 2:12 (Ps 21:23); cp. Ac 17:22. κατὰ μέσον (Jos., Bell. 5, 207; SibOr 3, 802 κατὰ μέσσον=‘in the middle’ [of the day]) κατὰ μ. τῆς νυκτός about midnight Ac 16:25 D; 27:27.

ⓒ The neut. μέσον serves as adv. (e.g., Appian, Bell. Civ. 3, 43 §175 μ.=meanwhile) ἦν μέσον ὡς he was in the center of it as MPol 15:2; and is used as prep. w. gen. (B-D-F §215, 3; Rob. 644. Cp. Hdt. 9, 107, 2; Polyb. 8, 25, 1; Epict. 2, 22, 10; LXX, TestSol; TestAbr A 4 p. 80, 31 [Stone p. 8]; JosAs 24:21; Jos., Ant. 6, 65; SibOr 3, 319) μ. τῆς θαλάσσης in the middle of the lake Mt 14:24 v.l.; μ. γενεᾶς σκολιᾶς in the midst of a crooked generation Phil 2:15 (cp. Maximus Tyr. 36, 5a ἐν μέσῳ τῷ σιδηρῷ τούτῳ γένει).

② pert. to a position within a group, without focus on mediate position, among.

ⓐ as adj. ἐκάθητο ὁ Πέτρος μέσος αὐτῶν Peter was sitting among them Lk 22:55 (the point being not as center of attention but inconspicuously in the group; cp. Jos., Ant. 9, 107). μέσος ὑμῶν ἕστηκεν J 1:26 (Jos., Ant. 14, 23). τοῦ πύργου μέσου Hs 9, 8, 2. εἶδον … μέσον αὐτῶν τὸν Παῦλον AcPl Ha 11, 14.

ⓑ as subst. neuter ἀνὰ μέσον τινός (s. ἀνά 1) among someth. Mt 13:25. W. gen. pl. (TestJob 32:6 ἐν μέσῳ τῶν τέκνων σου) in the midst of, among in answer to the questions where and whither (B-D-F §215, 3 app.) Mt 18:2, 20; Mk 9:36; Lk 2:46; 24:36; Ac 1:15; 2:22; 6:15 D; 27:21; Rv 5:6b; cp. 6:6. Of close personal relationship ἐν μέσῳ ὑμῶν among you = in communion with you Lk 22:27; 1 Th 2:7.—ἐν μ. λύκων among wolves Mt 10:16; Lk 10:3; 2 Cl 5:2.—W. gen. pl. of things (Alciphron 3, 24, 3) Lk 8:7; Rv 1:13; 2:1. ἐκ (τοῦ) μ. from among (X., An. 1, 5, 14b; oracular response in Diod S 9, 3, 2; LXX=מִתּוֹךְ): αἴρειν τι (or τινά) ἐκ (τοῦ) μέσου (τινῶν) Col 2:14; 1 Cor 5:2 (s. αἴρω 3). ἁρπάσαι αὐτὸν ἐκ μ. αὐτῶν Ac 23:10 (s. ἁρπάζω 2a). ἀφορίζειν τοὺς πονηροὺς ἐκ μ. τῶν δικαίων Mt 13:49 (s. ἀφορίζω 1). γίνεσθαι ἐκ μ. 2 Th 2:7 (s. γίνομαι 6b). ἐξέρχεσθαι ἐκ μ. αὐτῶν from among them Ac 17:33; cp. 2 Cor 6:17 (cp. Is 52:11). κύριος λαμβάνει ἑαυτῷ ἔθνος ἐκ μ. ἐθνῶν 1 Cl 29:3 (cp. Dt 4:34).—B. 864. DELG. M-M. EDNT. TW. Sv.