Μεσαίτατος
middlemost
Translated by Nick Nicholas31 May 2009Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] middle. Also [sc. attested in the neuter] mesaitaton, [meaning] tall.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μεσαίτατος· ὁ μέσος. καὶ Μεσαίτατον, τὸ ὑψηλόν.
Betacode
*mesai/tatos: o( me/sos. kai\ *mesai/taton, to\ u(yhlo/n.
Notes
- These are both superlatives of the first glossing term
me/sos "middle".
The extension from "middlemost" to "high" comes from using "middlemost" to refer to hills in the middle of a plain, as in Josephus, Jewish Wars 2.511 ("that mountain which lies in the very middle of Galilee": web address 1), or structures tall in the middle, as in Josephus, Jewish Antiquities 15.393 ("but the middlemost [stone of the Temple] was much higher": web address 2).
Both words are also used in the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 1.426, to glossperiske/ptw| "conspicuous".
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
Neighbouring entries
Revision history4 revisions · last 11 Aug 2020
- tweaked links — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- added links and keywords, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Nick Nicholas