μεσόω

mesoo

to be in

Appears 4 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Phaedrus 1
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241d4
Republic 1
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618b6
Statesman 1
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265b3
Symposium 1
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175c6

Dictionary (LSJ)

μεσόω, (μέσος) A. to be in or at the middle, τόδʼ ἴσθι, μηδέπω μεσοῦν κακόν A. Pers. 435; ἐν ἀρχῇ πῆμα κοὐδέπω μεσσῖ E. Med. 60; ἐπειδὴ τὸ δρᾶμα ἤδη μεσοίη Ar. Ra. 924; esp. of Time, μεσοῦσα ἡμέρη midday, Hdt. 3.104; θέρους μεσοῦντος in midsummer, Th. 5.57; ἐν [ἐνιαυτῷ] μεσοῦντι X. HG 2.2.24; πρὸς ἥλιον μεσοῦντα to wards midday, Thphr. CP 2.4.8; μεσούντων τῶν ζῳδίων Hipparch. 2.3.19. 2. c. gen., to be in the middle of, τῆς ἀναβάσιος Hdt. 1.181; τὰ δὲ καὶ μεσοῦν τούτων Pl. R. 618b; μεσοῦντα τῆς ἀρχῆς in the middle of his time of office, Sch. Aeschin. 3.12: and c. part., μεσοῦν δειπνοῦντας Pl. Smp. 175c.

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