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μεσεμβολ-έω

mesemboleo

intercalate

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What it meant

μεσεμβολ-έω · mesembol-eō — LSJ

intercalate

intercalate mean terms in a series, Nicom. Ar. 1.19:—Pass., Iamb. in Nic. p.85 P., Theol.Ar. 39.

II intercept

Astrol., intercept the influence of a planet, Vett.Val. 102.10, Cat.Cod.Astr. 1.107 (Pass.), Porph. in Ptol. 188; τὸν ἥλιον -ῆσαι τοῖς ἑπτὰ κοσμοκράτορσι Dam. Pr. 341:—Pass., ὁ ἥλιος πανταχοῦ μεμεσεμβόληται ibid.

III comes in the middle of

θάλασσα μεσεμβολεῖ τοὺς Αἰθίοπας comes in the middle of the E., Str. Chr. 1.32.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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