μεσηγύ
mesegy
in the middle, between
Appears 26 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
μεσηγύ, Ep. μεσσηγύ, before a vowel or metri gr. μεσσηγύς—all in ; μεσηγύς only in Fr. 94: Adv.,
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1. abs., in the middle, between, οὐδέ τι πολλὴ χώρη μεσσηγύς 11.23.521, cf. 11.573; μηδέ τι μεσσηγύς γε . . πάθῃσι in mid-voyage, Od. 7.195.
2. more freq. c. gen., between, ὤμων μ. Il. 8.259; στηθέων 25.237; Κουρήτων τε μ. καὶ Αἰτωλῶν Il. 9.549; μ. γαίης τε καὶ οὐρανοῦ 5.769; μ. Ἰθάκης τε Σάμοιό τε Od. 4.845; μ. κόρυθός τε καὶ ἀσπίδος Sc. 417; μ. θέρεός τε καὶ ὑετίου κρυστάλλου 16.16.
II. of Time, meanwhile, CA 1.10; μεσηγὺ τούτου τοῦ χρόνου Fract. 8.
III. as Subst., τὸ μεσηγύ the part between, h.Ap. 108, 553; τὸ μ. τῶν ὠμοπλατέων Art. 16; ἤματος τὸ μεσηγύ noon, 25.216.
IV. of quality, l.c. [ῠ exc. Od. 4.845 μεσσηγὺς Ἰθάκης τε . . .]