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μεταξύ

μεταξύ, betwixt, between

μεταξύ (late form μετοξύ PLond. 2.177.11 (i A.D.), etc.), Adv., (μετά, ξύν) prop.
  • in the midst: hence,
    • I as Adv.,
      • 1 of Place, betwixt, between, once in Hom., Il. 1.156, cf. h.Merc. 159, etc.: with Art., τὸ μ. Hdt. 2.8, Ar. Av. 551; ἐν τούτῳ μ. Th. 4.25; νεάτης τε καὶ ὑπάτης καὶ μέσης καὶ εἰ ἄλλα ἄττα μ. τυγχάνει ὄντα Pl. R. 443d; αὐχένα μ. τιθέντες Id. Ti. 69e: metaph., φίλος ἢ ἐχθρὸς ἢ μ. Arist. Rh. 1376a30.
      • 2 of Time, between-whiles, meanwhile, Hdt. 4.155, S. Fr. 225, Pl. Ly. 207d, etc.; τὰ μ. the intervening events, Isoc. 12.201: freq. c. pres. part., μ. ὀρύσσων ἐπαύσατο in the midst of his digging, Hdt. 2.158; ἐπελαυνόντων . . μ. Id. 4.129; μ. θύων Ar. Ra. 1242; μ. πίνων Eup. 351.5; μ. πορευομένους X. Cyr. 8.8.11, cf. Pl. Ly. 207b, etc.; ἐξαναστάντες μ. δειπνοῦντες in the middle of supper, D. 18.169; ἀπαγχομένη μ. κατεκλίθη (κατεκωλύθη Blass), i.e. in the interval between this and reviving, And. 1.125: freq. with Verbs of speaking, λέγοντα μ. in the middle of my discourse, Pl. Ap. 40b, cf. Euthd. 275e, R. 336b: without part., μ. ὑπολαβεῖν to interrupt, X. An. 3.1.26; μ. τὸν λόγον καταλύομεν Pl. Grg. 505c; μ. διαλῦσαι τὴν συνουσίαν Id. Prt. 336e; ἐν τῷ μ. (sc. χρόνῳ) X. Smp. 1.14: with χρόνῳ, D. 30.17.
        • b in late writers, like μετά (Adv.), after, afterwards, τὸ μ. σάββατον the next Sabbath, Act.Ap. 13.42; οἱ μ. τούτων βασιλεῖς the kings who followed them, J. BJ 5.4.2; οἱ μ. τούτων, = Lat. posteri eorum, IG 14.1913.
      • 3 of Qualities, τὰ μ. intermediate, i.e. neither good nor bad, Pl. Grg. 468a.
      • 4 of Degree, ὅσον τὸ μ. how great is the difference, Timocl. 22.1.
      • 5 Gramm., the neuter gender, Arist. SE 166b12, Po. 1458a17.
    • II as Prep. c. gen., between, Hdt. 1.6, 7.85, Th. 1.118, 4.42, etc.; μ. σοφίας καὶ ἀμαθίας Pl. Smp. 202a; μ. τούτοιν ἀμφοῖν ἐν μέσῳ ὄν Id. R. 583c; αἱ μ. τῶν λόγων διηγήσεις the explanations between the speeches, Id. Tht. 143c; but μ. τῶν λόγων if I may interrupt the argument, Id. Phdr. 230a; μ. τῶν βασιλέων among kings, Plu. Apophth.reg. 2.177c; between parties to an agreement, τιμὴ ἡ συμφωνηθεῖσα μ. τινῶν BGU 316.15 (iv A. D.); τὰ μ. σύμφωνα the terms agreed between the parties, POxy. 914.8 (v A.D.): sts. one of the extremes is omitted, ἄνωθεν τῶν Θυεστείων ῥακῶν μ. τῶν Ἰνοῦς Ar. Ach. 434; ἢ ἐναντίοις οὖσιν ἢ μ. Arist. GC 319b12; ἦν συμφέρον ὡς πλεῖστον τὸν μ. χρόνον γενέσθαι τῶν ὅρκων D. 18.26.
        • b μ. θύρας in the opening of the door, Sor. 1.119.
      • 2 of Time, ὁ μ. τῆς δίκης τε καὶ τοῦ θανάτου [χρόνος] Pl. Phd. 58c, cf. E. Hec. 437; τὰ μ. τούτου meanwhile, S. OC 291: as a Prep., it may either precede or follow its case, but more freq. precedes, cf. Pl. Phd. 71a and b.

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