μεταξύ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μετά (metá) + ξύν (xún).

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 • (metaxú)

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

Preposition

μετᾰξῠ́ • (metaxú) (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)

See also

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