μεταξύ

μεταξύ (late form [full] μετοξύ PLond.2.177.11 (i A.D.), etc.), Adv., ([etym.] μετά, ξύν) prop.

A 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. [tense] 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.BJ5.4.2; οἱ μ. τούτων, = Lat. posterieorum, IG14.1913.

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.SE166b12, 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.2.177c; between parties to an agreement,

τιμὴ ἡ συμφωνηθεῖσα μ. τινῶν BGU316.15

(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.GC319b12

;

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.OC291: as a Prep., it may either precede or follow its case, but more freq. precedes, cf. Pl.Phd.71a and b.