μεταξύ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μετᾰ́ (metắ) +‎ ξῠ́ν (xŭ́n).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /me.tak.sý/ → /me.takˈsy/ → /me.takˈsi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /me.tak.sý/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /me.takˈsy/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /me.takˈsy/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /me.takˈsy/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /me.takˈsi/

Adverb

μετᾰξῠ́ • (metăxŭ́)

1. between; in between; betwixt
2. meanwhile; in the meantime
3. (Koine) afterwards

Preposition

μετᾰξῠ́ • (metăxŭ́) (governs the genitive)

1. between

Further reading

• “μεταξύ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “μεταξύ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “μεταξύ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• μεταξύ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963

Greek

Alternative forms

• αναμεταξύ (anametaxý)

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek μεταξύ (metaxú), from Ancient Greek μεταξύ (metaxú).

Adverb

μεταξύ • (metaxý)

1. between, amongst, amid (place)
2. between, meanwhile (time)

Preposition

μεταξύ • (metaxý)

1. between

   Υπάρχουν πτήσεις μεταξύ αυτής της πόλης και εκείνης της πόλης

   Ypárchoun ptíseis metaxý aftís tis pólis kai ekeínis tis pólis

   There are flights between this city and that city.

See also

• εν τω μεταξύ (en to metaxý, “meanwhile”)
• εντωμεταξύ (entometaxý, “meanwhile”)