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Strong G3319μέσος

midst

Transliteration
mesos
Pronunciation
mes'-os
Morphology
Greek Adjective

Definition

From G3326; middle (as adjective or [neuter] noun): - among X before them between + forth mid [-day -night] midst way.

Detailed definition

μέσος, -η, -ον
[in LXX chiefly for תָּוֶךְ;]
middle, in the middle or midst;

1. prop., as an adj.: Luk.23:45, Jhn.19:18, Act.1:18; with genitive pl., Luk.22:55, Jhn.1:26; genitive temp. (Bl., § 36, 13), μέσης νυκτός, Mat.25:6; μ. ἡμέρας, Act.26:13.

2. In adverbial phrases, neut., μέσον, τὸ μ., as subst.: ἀνὰ μέσον, with genitive, between (cl.; in LXX: Gen.1:4, al.), elliptically (but see M, Pr., 99), 1Co.6:5; = ἐν μ., among, in the midst of (El., § 39, 2; 40, 8; cf. in LXX: Jos.19:1, Sir.27:2), Mat.13:25, Mrk.7:31, Rev.7:17; διὰ μέσου, with genitive, Luk.4:30; διὰ μέσον (Rec. -ου, see 81., § 42, 1), between, Luk.17:11 (ICC, in l); εἰς τὸ μ. (see: εἰς), Mrk.3:3, Luk.4:35 5:19 6:8, Jhn.20:19, 26; εἰς μ., Mrk.14:60; ἐν τῷ μ., Mat.14:6; ἐν μ., Jos.8:3, 9, Act.4:7; with, genitive loc., Mrk.6:47, Luk.21:21 22:55, Act.17:22, Heb.2:12" (LXX), Rev.4:6 5:6 22:2. with genitive pl., Mat.10:16 18:2, 20, Mrk.9:36, Luk.2:46 8:7 10:3 22:27 24:36, Act.1:15 2:22 27:21, 1Th.2:7, Rev.1:13 2:1 5:6 6:6; κατὰ μέσον τ. νυκτός, Act.27:27 (Bl., § 47, 6); ἐκ τοῦ μ. (Lft., in l; Deiss., BS, 252 f.), Col.2:14; ἐκ μ.., 2Th.2:7; ἐκ τοῦ μ., with genitive, Mat.13:49, Act.17:33 23:10, 1Co.5:2, 2Co.6:17.

3. Neut., μέσον, adverbially, with genitive, in the midst of, Mat.14:24 (WH, txt., R, mg., aliter), Php.2:15 (διὰ μέσου­see supr.-also Jhn.8:50, R, mg.).†
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In the Bible

Strong G3319 appears in 59 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • midst40
  • among11
  • way2
  • between1
  • forth1
  • midday1
  • midnight1
  • them1

First verses

  1. Matthew 10:16
    Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
  2. Matthew 13:25
    But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.
  3. Matthew 13:49
    So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just,
  4. Matthew 14:6
    But when Herod’s birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod.
  5. Matthew 14:24
    But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary.
  6. Matthew 18:2
    And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them,
  7. Matthew 18:20
    For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
  8. Matthew 25:6
    And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
  9. Mark 3:3
    And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand forth.
  10. Mark 6:47
    And when even was come, the ship was in the midst of the sea, and he alone on the land.
  11. Mark 7:31
    And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.
  12. Mark 9:36
    And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them: and when he had taken him in his arms, he said unto them,
  13. Mark 14:60
    And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?
  14. Luke 2:46
    And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions.
  15. Luke 4:30
    But he passing through the midst of them went his way,
  16. Luke 4:35
    And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him. And when the devil had thrown him in the midst, he came out of him, and hurt him not.
  17. Luke 5:19
    And when they could not find by what way they might bring him in because of the multitude, they went upon the housetop, and let him down through the tiling with his couch into the midst before Jesus.
  18. Luke 6:8
    But he knew their thoughts, and said to the man which had the withered hand, Rise up, and stand forth in the midst. And he arose and stood forth.
  19. Luke 8:7
    And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it.
  20. Luke 10:3
    Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.
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μέσος, η, ον,
also [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD(?): Arcadius Grammaticus (see. ἰμέσος, μεσακόθεν))]; Epic dialect μέσσος (also Aeolic dialect, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 1.12, “IG” 11(4).1064b32, and Lyric poetry, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.224, and sometimes in Trag., 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 403 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1247 (Lyric poetry), “Tr.” 635 (Lyric poetry), “Ant.” 1223, 1236, “fragment” 255.5))], Boeotian dialect, Cretan dialect μέττος, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“IG” 7.2420.20 (3rd c.BC), “GDI” 5000)] ii b 2 [Refs 5th c.BC+ ((5th c.BC))]:—middle, in the middle,
I of Space, especially with Nouns, of the middle point or part, μ. σάκος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.258; ἱστίον 1.481)]; οὐρανός zenith, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.400)]; μ. ἀπήνης from mid chariot, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 812)]; ἐν αἰθέρι μ. in mid-air, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ant.” 416)]; μ. μετώπῳ in the middle of the forehead, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“PRyl.” 128.30 (1st c.AD))]: in Prose frequently preceding the Article, κατὰ μέσον τὸν σταθμόν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.7.14; ἐν μ. τῇ χώρᾳ [prev. work] 2.1.11)]; ἐκ μ. τῆς νήσου, κατὰ μ. τὴν νῆσον, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 113d, 119d)]; ἐπὶ μέσου τοῦ τμάματος at the middle point of the segment, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “περὶ ἰσορροπιῶν” 1.6; ἁ ἐπὶ μέσαν τὰν βάσιν ἀγομένα (i.e. εὐθεῖα) [prev. work] 12)]: sometimes following the Noun, ἐν τῇ ἀγορᾷ μέσῃ [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 29.12)]: less frequently midmost, central, of three or more objects, μ. ὁδός [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 220, 331)]; ὁ μ. [δάκτυλος] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 523c)]; τὸ μ. στῖφος the central division of the army, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.8.13)]; μέσον, τό, centre, ἡ ἐπὶ τὸ μ. φορά [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “Protrepticus” 21.)]
I.b with a Verb, ἔχεται μ. by the middle, by the waist, proverbial from the wrestling-ring, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 387 (Lyric poetry), compare “Ach.” 571 (Lyric poetry), “Nu.” 1047, “Ra.” 469; μέσην λαβόντα [prev. author] “Ach.” 274, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.107, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 53.17; ὁ πέπλος ἐρράγη μ. 4th-3rd c.BC: Philippides Comicus 25.5.)]
I.c with genitive, midway between, ἑνὸς καὶ πλήθους τὸ ὀλίγον μ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 303a (also μ. ἐπ᾽ ἀμφότερα, [prev. passage]):— 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus has μέσος ἀπὸ [τοῦ κρατῆρος] τοῦ τε πέτρου “OC” 1595.)]
I.2 of Time, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus only in phrase μέσον ἦμαρ midday, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.111, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.288, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 9.113; μέσαι νύκτες 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 52, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.181, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.8.12, etc.; θέρευς ἔτι μέσσου ἐόντος 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 502; χειμῶνος μέσου 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 569.1; μ. ἡμέρα 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 8.5.9)]; μ. ἡλικία middle age, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epistulae” 316c: so μέσοι τὴν ἡλικίαν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Epistulae - Epistolographi” 5)]; μέσος ἀκμῆς variant in [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 25.164.)]
I.3 metaphorically, impartial, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.83, “PLond.” 1.113(1).27 (6th c.AD).)]
I.3.b inter-mediate, frequently with genitive, μ. τις γέγονα χρηματιστὴς τοῦ τε πάππου καὶ τοῦ πατρός [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 330b; ψιλὸν μὲν τὸ π ¯, δασὺ δὲ τὸ φ ¯, μέσον δὲ ἀμφοῖν τὸ β ¯ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 14 (see. below d); ἡ τρίτη καὶ μ. τῶν εἰρημένων δυεῖν ἁρμονιῶν [prev. work] 24; ὁ μ. χαρακτήρ [prev. work] 21)]; indeterminate, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Par.” 28)]; τὰ μ. things indifferent (neither good nor bad), [Refs (“Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 3.135, +others)]; of words such as τύχη, [Refs (“Etymologicum Magnum” 626.38)]; ζῴδια (neither lucky nor unlucky) [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 93.9; μ. δίαιτα Diocl.fragment 141, compare 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.46.)]
I.3.c Grammars, of Verbs, middle, [Refs (12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 1846.30, etc.)]; μ. διάθεσις, σχήματα, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 226.10, 210.18)]; μ. ἐνεστώς present middle, [Refs ([prev. work] 278.25.)]
I.3.d Grammars, of consonants, Latin mediae, i. e. β ¯ γ ¯ δ ¯, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Dionysius Thrax Grammaticus 631.23)]: but also of semi-vowels, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 18c: of accent, ὀξύτητι καὶ βαρύτητι καὶ τῷ μέσῳ)], i. e. the circumflex, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1456b33.)]
II middling, moderate,
II.1 of size, μέσοι ὀφθαλμοί, ὦτα, γλῶττα, [Refs ([prev. author] “HA” 492a8, 33, b31)]; μ. μεγέθει[Refs 3rd c.BC+ ([prev. work] 496a21, “PPetr.” 1p.37 (3rd c.BC))]; μ. alone, of middle height, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (PGrenf. 2.23 (a) ii 3 (2nd c.BC), “POxy.” 73.13 (1st c.AD), etc.)]
II.2 of class or quality, πάντων μέσ᾽ ἄριστα [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 335; παντὶ μέσῳ τὸ κράτος θεὸς ὤπασεν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 529 (Lyric poetry); μ. ἐν πόλει 6th c.BC: Phocylides Lyricus 12)]; μ. ἀνήρ a man of middle rank, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.107; μ. πολίτης 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.54; τὰ μ. τῶν πολιτῶν [prev. author] 3.82 (so τῶν ἀνὰ πόλιν τὰ μ. 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 11.52))]; οἱ μ., between οἱ εὔποροι and οἱ ἄποροι, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1289b31, 1295b3; οἱ μ. πολῖται [prev. work] 1296a19; τὸ μ. [prev. work] 1295b37)]; μ. [πολιτεία[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (] [prev. work] 1296a7; ὁ μ. βίος 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Luct.” 9)]; mediocre, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 346d; τῶν ἑταιρῶν αἱ μ. Theopomp. Comedy texts 21.)] adverb μέσως, ἱκανόν fairly adequate, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.4S.)]
III μέσον, τό, midst, intervening space, mostly with Preps.,
III.a ἐν μέσσῳ, ={ἐν μεταιχμίῳ}, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.69, 90; ἐν τῷ μ.)]in the midst, [NT (NT.Matt.14.6)]; ἡ 'ν μέσῳ [μοῖρα] σῴζει πόλεις the middle class, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 244: without ἐν, ἔμβαλε μέσσῳ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.444; ἔνθορε μέσσῳ 21.233; μέσσῳ ἀμφοτέρων 3.416, 7.277; τῶνδέ τ᾽ ἐν μ. πεσεῖν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 583; ἐν μ. λόγους ἔχειν [prev. author] “Hel.” 630; μῆκος ἐν μ. χρόνου 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 735; χρόνος οὑν μ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 589 (troch.))]; τὰ ἐν μ. what went between, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 583)]; οἱ ἐν μ. λόγοι the intervening words, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “El.” 1364, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 819; κλίνης ἐν μ. [prev. author] “Hec.” 1150)]; ἐν μ. ἡμῶν καὶ βασιλέως between us and him, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.2.3; σοφίας καὶ ἀμαθίας ἐν μ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 203e)]; ἐν μ. νυκτῶν at midnight, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.3.52)]; ἆθλα κείμεν᾽ ἐν μέσῳ offered for competition (compare below b), [Refs 6th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.5, compare 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 994, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.1.21)]; ἡ τιμὴ ἐν τῷ μέσῳ ἔστω deposited with the court, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 2.90: without ἐν, καὶ μέσῳ πάντες καὶ χωρὶς ἕκαστος)] both collectively and severally, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (“IG” 12(5).872.27,31,38, +others (from Tenos): in _plural_, κεῖτο δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἐν μέσσοισι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.507; ἐν μέσοισ᾽ 6th c.BC: Xenophanes Poeta Philosophus 1.7)]; ἐν μέσῳ εἶναι τοῦ συμμεῖξαι to stand in the way of.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.2.26)]; ἡ γὰρ θάλαττα ἐν τῷ μ. is an obstacle, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ath.” 2.2; οὐδεὶς ἐν μέσσῳ γείτων πέλεν 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 21.17; οὐδὲν ἂν ἦν ἐν μ. πολεμεῖν ἡμᾶς 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.183)]; compare ἰμέσος.
III.b ἐς μέσον, ἐς μ. ἀμφοτέρων, frequently in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus for ἐς μεταίχμιον, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.79, 6.120)]; ἀνδρὶ δὲ νικηθέντι γυναῖκ᾽ ἐς μέσσον ἔθηκε deposited her as a prize (compare above a),[Refs 5th c.BC+ (23.704; ἐς μ. δεικνύναι τινί τι 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 42.3)]; ἐς μ. ἵεσθαι, ἐλθεῖν, παρελθεῖν, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 514 (Lyric poetry), 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 22.183, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Agis” 9; ἐς μέσον ἀμφοτέροισι.. δικάσσατε 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.574)]; ἐς τὸ μ. φέρειν bring forward publicly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.97, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.139; ἐς τὸ μ. λέγεσθαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.129)]; ἐς μ. Πέρσῃσι καταθεῖναι τὰ πρήγματα to give up the power in common to all, [Refs ([prev. author] 3.80; ἐς μ. τὴν ἀρχὴν τιθεὶς ἰσονομίην ὑμῖν προαγορεύω [prev. work] 142.)]
III.c ἐκ τοῦ μέσου away, ἐκ μ. ἀνελεῖν [NT+4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 10.36, 18.294; [χειρόγραφον] ἦρκεν ἐκ τοῦ μ. NT.Col.2.14, compare 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 3.3.15)]; also ἐκ μ. a half, ἔτη ὀκτὼ καὶ ἔνατον ἐκ μ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.133)]; also ἐκ μ. κατῆστο remained in the middle, i. e. neutral [Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare (ἐκ 1.6 near the end), 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.83, compare 4.118, 8.22, 73.)]
III.d διὰ μέσου between, τὸ διὰ μ. ἔθνος [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 1.104; διὰ μ. ποιεῖσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.3.3)]; διὰ μ. γενέσθαι intervene, of an event, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.20: with _genitive_, διὰ μέσου τῆς πόλεως ῥεῖ ποταμός 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.2.23; διὰ μ. ῥεῖ τούτων ποταμός [prev. work] 1.4.4, etc.)]; τὸ τούτων διὰ μ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 805e)]; also οἱ διὰ μέσου the middle party, the moderates, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.75, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.4.25)]; τὸ διὰ μ. the middle class, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1296a8)]; of Time, ὁ διὰ μ. χρόνος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.112)]; ἡ διὰ μ. ξύμβασις an interim agreement, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.26)]; διὰ μέσου, as a figure of speech, use of parenthesis, [Refs (Herodianus Rhetor “de Figuris - Rhet.” p.95S.)]
III.e ἀν (ὀν) τὸ μ. in the midst, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 18.3, 6th c.BC: Xenophanes Poeta Philosophus 1.11, 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 839)]; ἀνὰ μέσον midway between, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 496a22, 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 13, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 22.21, etc.; ἀνὰ μ. τοῦ ναοῦ καὶ τοῦ βωμοῦ “GDI” 2010 (Delph.), compare “PTeb.” 13.9 (2nd c.BC), +others)]; θρὶξ ἀνὰ μέσσον [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 14.9; ἀνὰ μέσσα 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Theriaca” 167)]; also ἀνὰ μέσον φέρε, ={μετρίως}, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 531.18.)]
III.f κατὰ μέσσον, = {ἐν μέσῳ}, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.8, 16.285, etc.: with _genitive_, κὰδ δὲ μέσον τάφρου καὶ τείχεος ἷζον)] between, [Refs (9.87.)]
III.2 μέσον, τό, difference, τὸ μ. πρὸς τὰς μεγίστας καὶ ἐλαχίστας the average between.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.10)]; πολλὸν τὸ μ., πολὺ τὸ μ., the difference is great, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.126, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 914 (_anapaest meter_))]; τὸ μ. οὐδὲν τῆς ἔχθρης ἐστί there is no middle course for our enmity, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.11.)]
III.3 middle state, mean, τὸ μ. καὶ τὸ εὖ [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1109b26)]; ποιήματα μέσα, opposed to ὀγκώδη, in the (correct) mean, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ ποιημάτων” 5.5)]. adverb -ως, ἀναστρέφεσθαι [Refs ([prev. author] “Rh.” 1.155S.)]
III.4 in Logic, τὸ μ. the middle term of a syllogism, opposed to τὰ ἄκρα, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Priora” 66a30; also ὁ μ. (i.e. ὅρος) [prev. work] 25b33.)]
III.5 in Mathematics texts, middle terms in a proportion, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Euclides Geometra 6.16)]; μέση, or μέση (μέσος) ἀνάλογον a mean proportional (straight line or number), [Refs ([prev. work] 13, 17, 8.11, 12, +others)]; μέσης εὕρεσις [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Anima” 413a19, “Metaphorical” 996b21)]; μέση medial, a specific kind of irrational (straight line), [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Euclides Geometra 10.21, +others)]; μέσον ὀρθογώνιον (χωρίον) medial rectangle (area), [Refs ([prev. work] 24, +others)]
III.6 Astron., ὁ διὰ μέσων τῶν ζῳδίων κύκλος the ecliptic, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Hipparchus Astronomicus 1.9.3, 4, 1st c.BC: Geminus Astronomicus 2.21, 1st c.BC: Ptolemaeus Epigrammaticus “Alm.” 2.7: without κύκλος, 4th c.BC: Eudoxus Astronomus cited in 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1073b20, 2nd c.BC: Hipparchus Astronomicus 1.9.12; simply, ὁ διὰ μέσων 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 7.146)]; but, ὁ μέσος [κύκλος] the equator of a rotating sphere, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1073b30.)]
III.7 μέσα, τά, ={μέζεα}, Blaes. p.191 K.
III.7.b ={κοιλία} 1.3, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (1st c.AD: Herodotus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 5.27.3, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 14.732: _sing._, 4th c.AD: Hephaestio Astrologus 1.1 (variant{τὰ μέσα} “Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum” 8(2).45).)]
III.8 Μέσον, τό, one of the law-courts at Athens, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (9th c.AD: Photius Legal icographus, etc., Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 120.)]
III.9 οὐ τοῖς μέσοις τῆς βίας χρωμένη no ordinary force,[Refs 4th c.BC+ (Hierocl. p.15 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus)]
IV μέση, ἡ, as substantive, see at {μέση}.
V adverb μέσον, Epic dialect μέσσον, in the middle, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.167, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.300)]: with genitive, between, οὐρανοῦ μ. χθονός <τε> [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 983 (Lyric poetry), compare 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 2.22.10)]; in the midst of, μ. τῆς θαλάσσης [LXX+NT (LXX.Exo.14.27; μ. γενεᾶς σκολιᾶς NT.Phil.2.15)]: also in plural, μέσα αἰετὸς οὐρανοῦ ποτᾶται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 530 (Lyric poetry), compare 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “fragment” 74.26.)]
V.2 regular adverb μέσως, πόλεώς τ᾽ οὐ μ. εὐδαίμονος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 873, compare “Hec.” 1113, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 9.23)]; καὶ μ. even in a moderate degree, even a little, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.60)]; μ. ἔχειν πρός or περί τι to be in the mean.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1105b28, 1119a11; θερμότερον ἢ κραυρότερον ἢ μ. ἔχον 4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 7.1, compare 3rd c.BC(?): Sosipater Comicus 1.53)]; μ. βεβιωκέναι in a middle way, i. e. neither well nor ill, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 113d; μ. μεθύων 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 226)]; μ. διατιθέναι in an intermediate way, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 14.)]
V.2.b Grammars, in the middle voice, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 276.21.)]
VI irregular comparative μεσαίτερος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Parmenides” 165b)]: superlative μεσαίτατος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.17, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Mundo” 392b33, 1st c.BC: Geminus Astronomicus 9.3, etc.; poetry μεσσότατος 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.649, 4th c.AD(?): Manetho Astrologus 6.373)]. (Cf. Sanskritmádhyas 'middle', Latin medius, etc.)