1. μεσόδμη · mesodmē — Beekes
The corpus record
μεσόδμη
mesodme
crossbeam
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Where it lives
- Odyssey 4 · 0.46/10k
What it meant
2. μεσόδμη · mesodmē — Chantraine
3. μεσόδμη · mesodmē — Frisk
4. μεσόδμη · mesodmē — LSJ
tie-beam, τοῖχοι μεγάρων καλαί τε μεσόδμαι Od. 19.37, cf. 20.354 (expld. by Aristarch. as = μεσόστυλα, by others as τὰ μεταξὺ τῶν δοκῶν διαστήματα, cf. Hsch.); κρεμάσαι χρὴ τὸν ἄνθρωπον τῶν ποδῶν πρὸς μεσόδμην Hp. Art. 70; expld. as τὸ μέγα ξύλον ἀπὸ τοῦ ἑτέρου τοίχου πρὸς τὸν ἕτερον διῆκον Gal. ad Hp. l.c. (18(1).738), cf. IG ll. cc., SIG 248 N 8 (Delph., iv B. C.), Q.S. 13.451.
box amidships, in which the mast was stepped, ἱστὸν . . κοίλης ἔντοσθε μεσόδμης στῆσαν ἀείραντες Od. 2.424.
shelf built between the floor of the gallery and the roof, pl., IG 2(2).1668.74, 85: sg., ib. 78.
μεσόδμα, Lacon. μεσσοδόμα, = γυνή, Hsch.
In the wild
- μεσόδμης · mesodmēs Odyssey 15.289
- μεσόδμαι · mesodmai Odyssey 19.37
- μεσόδμης · mesodmēs Odyssey 2.424
- μεσόδμαι · mesodmai Odyssey 20.354
Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. μεσόδμη (scan p. 986; entry #4033).
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. μεσόδμη (scan p. 705; entry #5224).
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. μεσόδμη (scan pp. 1185-1186; entry #3835).
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