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μέση

μέση, mese

μέση (sc. χορδή), ἡ,
  • the mese, i. e. the top note of the lower tetrachord in the octave, originally the middle string of the seven-stringed (or of an earlier three-stringed) lyre, Pl. R. 443d (cf. Sch.), Arist. Metaph. 1018b29, Pr. 919b20, Euc. Sect.Can. 10; variously defined, Ptol. Harm. 2.5, Cleonid. Harm. 11, Bacch. Harm. 65:—Dor. μέσσα Philol. 6.
    • II Geom., mean proportional, v. μέσος III. 5.
    • III in punctuation (sc. στιγμή), dot placed midway between top and bottom of line, functioning as a comma, Satyr. 6, D.T. 630.6, Sch.D.T. p.177 H.

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