μεσηγύ

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

μεσηγύς (mesēgús), μεσσηγύ (messēgú), μεσσηγύς (messēgús)

Etymology

From μέσος (mésos, “middle”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /me.sɛː.ɡý/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /me.se̝ˈɡy/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /me.siˈʝy/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /me.siˈʝy/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /me.siˈʝi/

Adverb

μεσηγύ • (mesēgú)

in the middle
meanwhile

Preposition

μεσηγύ • (mesēgú) (governs the genitive)

in the middle of, amidst

Noun

μεσηγύ • (mesēgú) n (indeclinable)

the middle part

Further reading

“μεσηγύ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
μεσηγύ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
μεσηγύ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
“μεσηγύ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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