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μεσουρᾰν-έω

mesouraneo

to be in mid-heaven

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Where it lives

Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

μεσουρᾰν-έω · mesouran-eō — LSJ

to be in mid-heaven, culminate, be in the meridian

to be in mid-heaven; of heavenly bodies, culminate, be in the meridian, Arist. Mete. 373b13, Hipparch. 1.7.11, etc.; μεσσουρανέουσα σελήνη Man. 5.189.

II to be at the nadir

μ. ὑπὸ γῆν to be at the nadir, Gem. 2.19.

In the wild

μεσουρανῶν · mesouranōn Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 9.11 (DIORISIS sentence 8355)

Where it came from

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