μέσος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• μέσσος (méssos) — Epic, Doric
• μέττος (méttos) — Boeotian, Cretan

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *métsos, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between”). Cognate with Latin medius, Sanskrit मध्य (madhya), Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬜𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬥𐬀 (maⁱδiiāna), Old Armenian մէջ (mēǰ), etc.

Pronunciation

Adjective

μέσος • (mésos) m (feminine μέση, neuter μέσον); first/second declension

1. middle of, between, amidst
2. half
3. of middle quality: moderate, intermediate

Inflection

Derived terms

Related terms

• μέσως (mésōs)

Descendants

• Greek: μέσος (mésos, “middle”)

  μέσο n (méso, “middle”)

References

• “μέσος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “μέσος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “μέσος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• μέσος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• μέσος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “μέσος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G3319 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • average idem, page 55.
  • central idem, page 122.
  • intermediate idem, page 451.
  • middle idem, page 527.
  • thick idem, page 865.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos), from Proto-Hellenic *métsos, Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between”).

Adjective

μέσος • (mésos) m (feminine μέση, neuter μέσο)

1. middle, mid
2. average, mean
3. compromise

Declension

Related terms

Noun

μέσος • (mésos) m (plural μέσοι)

1. (mathematics) average, mean

   Coordinate term: διάμεσος (diámesos)

   αριθμητικός μέσος ― arithmitikós mésos ― arithmetic mean

2. (soccer) midfielder
3. middle finger
4. middle toe

Declension

Synonyms

• (middle finger): μεσαίο δάχτυλο n (mesaío dáchtylo)