The corpus record

μετ-αίχμιος

metaichmios

between two armies

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Where it lives

Seven Against Thebes 1 · 1.99/10k
Libation Bearers 1 · 1.86/10k
Phoenissae 1 · 1.04/10k
Histories 2 · 0.11/10k

What it meant

μετ-αίχμιος · met-aichmios — LSJ

between two armies, debatable, space between two armies, disputed frontier, debatable land, the border-land between, interspace, interval

between two armies, φόνοι Lyc. 1435; debatable, of territory, J. BJ 5.1.4:—but usu. Subst. μεταίχμιον, τό, space between two armies, Hdt. 6.77, 112; ἐς μέσον μ. E. Ph. 1361: pl., ib. 1279; ἐν μεταιχμίοις δορός Id. Heracl. 803; disputed frontier, debatable land, Sol. ap. Arist. Ath. 12.5, Hdt. 8.140.βʹ: metaph., ἐν μεταιχμίῳ σκότου in the border-land between light and darkness, A. Ch. 63 (lyr.): generally, interspace, Arist. PA 676a2; of Time, οὐδὲν ἔχειν μ. ἀνδρῶν no interval of manhood, Luc. Am

2 what is mid-way between, hanging in mid-air

what is mid-way between, c. gen., ἀνὴρ γυνή τε χὤτι τῶν μεταίχμιον A. Th. 197; πεδαίχμιοι λαμπάδες hanging in mid-air, Id. Ch. 589 (lyr.): neut. as Adv., ζωῆς καὶ θανάτοιο μ. AP 9.597 (Cometas).

In the wild

πεδαίχμιοι · pedaichmioi Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 589–593
μεταίχμιον · metaichmion Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 196–199
μεταιχμίοις · metaichmiois Euripides, Phoenissae *)/aggelos.1240 (DIORISIS sentence 725)
μεταίχμιον · metaichmion Herodotus, Histories 6.77.1 (DIORISIS sentence 6627)
μεταίχμιόν · metaichmion Herodotus, Histories 8.140B.3 (DIORISIS sentence 9279)

Where it came from

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