μεσόδμη

mesodme

tie-beam

Appears 4 times across Homer's epics.

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Odyssey 4
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Book 2 1
Chapter ?

2424
Book 15 1
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15289
Book 19 1
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1937
Book 20 1
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20354

Dictionary (LSJ)

μεσόδμη, ἡ, (δέμω, cf. EM 581.5) Att. μεσόμνη IG 22.1668.48, 53:— A. tie-beam, τοῖχοι μεγάρων καλαί τε μεσόδμαι Od. 19.37, cf. 20.354 (expld. by Aristarch. as = μεσόστυλα, by others as τὰ μεταξὺ τῶν δοκῶν διαστήματα, cf. Hsch.); κρεμάσαι χρὴ τὸν ἄνθρωπον τῶν ποδῶν πρὸς μεσόδμην Hp. Art. 70; expld. as τὸ μέγα ξύλον ἀπὸ τοῦ ἑτέρου τοίχου πρὸς τὸν ἕτερον διῆκον Gal. ad Hp.l.c. (18(1).738), cf. IGll. cc., SIG 248 N 8 (Delph., iv B. C.), Q.S. 13.451. 2. box amidships, in which the mast was stepped, ἱστὸν . . κοίλης ἔντοσθε μεσόδμης στῆσαν ἀείραντες Od. 2.424. 3. shelf built between the floor of the gallery and the roof, pl., IG 22.1668.74, 85: sg., ib.78. II. μεσόδμα, Lacon. μεσσοδόμα, = γυνή, Hsch.

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