"μέσος" meaning in Ancient Greek

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Adjective

IPA: /mé.sos/, /ˈme.sos/, /ˈme.sos/, /mé.sos/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈme.sos/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈme.sos/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈme.sos/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈme.sos/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
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. Etymology templates: {{inh|grc|grk-pro|*métsos}} Proto-Hellenic *métsos, {{inh|grc|ine-pro|*médʰyos||between}} Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between”), {{cog|la|medius}} Latin medius, {{cog|sa|मध्य}} Sanskrit मध्य (madhya), {{cog|ae|𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬜𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬥𐬀}} Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬜𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬥𐬀 (maⁱδiiāna), {{cog|xcl|մէջ}} Old Armenian մէջ (mēǰ) Inflection templates: {{grc-adecl|μέσος|μέση}} Forms: mésos [romanization], μέση [feminine], μέσον [neuter], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], μέσος [masculine, nominative, singular], μέση [feminine, nominative, singular], μέσον [neuter, nominative, singular], μέσω [dual, masculine, nominative], μέσᾱ [dual, feminine, nominative], μέσω [dual, neuter, nominative], μέσοι [masculine, nominative, plural], μέσαι [feminine, nominative, plural], μέσᾰ [neuter, nominative, plural], μέσου [genitive, masculine, singular], μέσης [feminine, genitive, singular], μέσου [genitive, neuter, singular], μέσοιν [dual, genitive, masculine], μέσαιν [dual, feminine, genitive], μέσοιν [dual, genitive, neuter], μέσων [genitive, masculine, plural], μέσων [feminine, genitive, plural], μέσων [genitive, neuter, plural], μέσῳ [dative, masculine, singular], μέσῃ [dative, feminine, singular], μέσῳ [dative, neuter, singular], μέσοιν [dative, dual, masculine], μέσαιν [dative, dual, feminine], μέσοιν [dative, dual, neuter], μέσοις [dative, masculine, plural], μέσαις [dative, feminine, plural], μέσοις [dative, neuter, plural], μέσον [accusative, masculine, singular], μέσην [accusative, feminine, singular], μέσον [accusative, neuter, singular], μέσω [accusative, dual, masculine], μέσᾱ [accusative, dual, feminine], μέσω [accusative, dual, neuter], μέσους [accusative, masculine, plural], μέσᾱς [accusative, feminine, plural], μέσᾰ [accusative, neuter, plural], μέσε [masculine, singular, vocative], μέση [feminine, singular, vocative], μέσον [neuter, singular, vocative], μέσω [dual, masculine, vocative], μέσᾱ [dual, feminine, vocative], μέσω [dual, neuter, vocative], μέσοι [masculine, plural, vocative], μέσαι [feminine, plural, vocative], μέσᾰ [neuter, plural, vocative], μέσως [adverbial, feminine, masculine, neuter], μεσώτερος [comparative, feminine, masculine, neuter], μεσώτᾰτος [feminine, masculine, neuter, superlative]
  1. middle of, between, amidst
    Sense id: en-μέσος-grc-adj-GRufE18w Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 47 7 46
  2. half
    Sense id: en-μέσος-grc-adj-oRrgZGnG
  3. of middle quality: moderate, intermediate
    Sense id: en-μέσος-grc-adj-DjcefeRS Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 47 7 46 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes: 36 5 59
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: μέσσος (méssos) [Epic], Doric, μέττος (méttos) [Boeotian], Cretan Derived forms: μεσάδιος (mesádios), μεσηγύ (mesēgú), μεσοποτάμιος (mesopotámios) Related terms: μέσως (mésōs)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "roman": "mesádios",
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    },
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      "roman": "mesēgú",
      "word": "μεσηγύ"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      ]
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        "feminine"
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "form": "μέσους",
      "roman": "mésous",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέσᾱς",
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    },
    {
      "form": "μέσᾰ",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέσε",
      "roman": "mése",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέση",
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      "source": "inflection",
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      ]
    },
    {
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    },
    {
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέσᾱ",
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        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέσω",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέσοι",
      "roman": "mésoi",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέσαι",
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "roman": "mésōs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μεσώτερος",
      "roman": "mesṓteros",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μεσώτᾰτος",
      "roman": "mesṓtatos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.sos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.sos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mé.sos/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.sos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.sos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.sos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.sos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Doric"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "méttos",
      "tags": [
        "Boeotian"
      ],
      "word": "μέττος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Cretan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "μέσος"
}
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  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "mesádios",
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    },
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      "roman": "mesēgú",
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    },
    {
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    }
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "μέσο",
            "3": "",
            "4": "middle",
            "g": "n"
          },
          "expansion": "μέσο n (méso, “middle”)",
          "name": "l"
        }
      ],
      "text": "μέσο n (méso, “middle”)"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "grk-pro",
        "3": "*métsos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Hellenic *métsos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*médʰyos",
        "4": "",
        "5": "between"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "medius"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin medius",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "मध्य"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit मध्य (madhya)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ae",
        "2": "𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬜𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬥𐬀"
      },
      "expansion": "Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬜𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬥𐬀 (maⁱδiiāna)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xcl",
        "2": "մէջ"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Armenian մէջ (mēǰ)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mésos",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέση",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέσον",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-2",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-adecl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "First and second declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέσος",
      "roman": "mésos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέση",
      "roman": "mésē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέσον",
      "roman": "méson",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέσω",
      "roman": "mésō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "masculine",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέσᾱ",
      "roman": "mésā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "feminine",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέσω",
      "roman": "mésō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "neuter",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέσοι",
      "roman": "mésoi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέσαι",
      "roman": "mésai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέσᾰ",
      "roman": "mésa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέσου",
      "roman": "mésou",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέσης",
      "roman": "mésēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέσου",
      "roman": "mésou",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέσοιν",
      "roman": "mésoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέσαιν",
      "roman": "mésain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "feminine",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέσοιν",
      "roman": "mésoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέσων",
      "roman": "mésōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέσων",
      "roman": "mésōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέσων",
      "roman": "mésōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέσῳ",
      "roman": "mésōi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέσῃ",
      "roman": "mésēi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέσῳ",
      "roman": "mésōi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέσοιν",
      "roman": "mésoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέσαιν",
      "roman": "mésain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέσοιν",
      "roman": "mésoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέσοις",
      "roman": "mésois",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέσαις",
      "roman": "mésais",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέσοις",
      "roman": "mésois",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέσον",
      "roman": "méson",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέσην",
      "roman": "mésēn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέσον",
      "roman": "méson",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέσω",
      "roman": "mésō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέσᾱ",
      "roman": "mésā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέσω",
      "roman": "mésō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέσους",
      "roman": "mésous",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέσᾱς",
      "roman": "mésās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέσᾰ",
      "roman": "mésa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέσε",
      "roman": "mése",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέση",
      "roman": "mésē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέσον",
      "roman": "méson",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέσω",
      "roman": "mésō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "masculine",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέσᾱ",
      "roman": "mésā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "feminine",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέσω",
      "roman": "mésō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "neuter",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέσοι",
      "roman": "mésoi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέσαι",
      "roman": "mésai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέσᾰ",
      "roman": "mésa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέσως",
      "roman": "mésōs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μεσώτερος",
      "roman": "mesṓteros",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μεσώτᾰτος",
      "roman": "mesṓtatos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "μέσος",
        "2": "μέση"
      },
      "name": "grc-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "mésōs",
      "word": "μέσως"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "middle of, between, amidst"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "middle",
          "middle"
        ],
        [
          "between",
          "between"
        ],
        [
          "amidst",
          "amidst"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "half"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "half",
          "half"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "of middle quality: moderate, intermediate"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "moderate",
          "moderate"
        ],
        [
          "intermediate",
          "intermediate"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mé.sos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.sos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.sos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mé.sos/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.sos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.sos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.sos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.sos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "méssos",
      "tags": [
        "Epic"
      ],
      "word": "μέσσος"
    },
    {
      "word": "Doric"
    },
    {
      "roman": "méttos",
      "tags": [
        "Boeotian"
      ],
      "word": "μέττος"
    },
    {
      "word": "Cretan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "μέσος"
}
{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: μέσος/Ancient Greek 'Number' base_tags={'declension-2', 'Attic'}",
  "path": [
    "μέσος"
  ],
  "section": "Ancient Greek",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "μέσος",
  "trace": ""
}

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