μεσηγύ

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

 

• IPA^(key): /me.sɛː.ɡý/ → /me.siˈʝy/ → /me.siˈʝi/

• (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)

1. in the middle
2. meanwhile

Preposition

μεσηγύ • (mesēgú) (governs the genitive)

1. in the middle of, amidst

Noun

μεσηγύ • (mesēgú) n (indeclinable)

1. 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