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μεσημβρ-ινός

mesembrinos

belonging to noon, noontide

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μεσημβρ-ινός · mesēmbr-inos — LSJ

belonging to noon, noontide, noonday, at noon, the meridian

belonging to noon, noontide, εὖτε πόντος ἐν μεσημβριναῖς κοίταις . . εὕδοι πεσών A. Ag. 565; μεσημβρινοῖσι θάλπεσι in the noonday heats, Id. Th. 431, cf. 381, Ar. Av. 1096; κἂν ἔγρῃ μεσημβρινός Id. V. 774, cf. Ach. 40; μ. δαιμόνιον LXX Ps. 90(91).6; ὁ μ. ᾠδός, of the cicada, AP 9.584.11; τὸ μεσαμβρινόν at noon, Theoc. 1.15, 10.48, Luc. Anach. 25: without the Art., Nic. Th. 401; ὁ μ. κύκλος the meridian, Euc. Phaen. p.6 M., Gem. 2.25: without κύκλος, Arist. Mete. 362b11, 375b29, Hipparch. 3.1.1,

II southern

southern, κέλευθος A. Pr. 722; τὰ μεσημβρινά Th. 6.2, Str. 2.1.12, etc.: Comp. -ώτερος Gem. 14.10, Anon. Geog.Comp. 18: Sup. -ώτατος Str. 2.5.33, etc. [ῐ, but ῑ metri gr., on the analogy of ὀπωρινός, Call. Lav.Pall. 72, 73, Opp. C. 2.17.]

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