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μεσημβρ-ινός , ή, όν, for μεσημερινός, Dor. μεσαμβρινός , ά, όν,
A.belonging to noon, noontide, “εὖτε πόντος ἐν μεσημβριναῖς κοίταις . . εὕδοι πεσώνA.Ag.565; μεσημβρινοῖσι θάλπεσι in the noonday heats, Id.Th.431, cf. 381, Ar.Av.1096; “κἂν ἔγρῃ μεσημβρινόςId.V.774, cf. Ach.40; “μ. δαιμόνιονLXX Ps.90(91).6; 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; μ. κύκλος the meridian, Euc.Phaen. p.6 M., Gem.2.25: without κύκλος, Arist.Mete.362b11,375b29, Hipparch. 3.1.1, al., Str.2.1.10, Cleom.1.8, etc., cf. Theo Sm.p.131 H.
II. southern, “κέλευθοςA.Pr.722; “τὰ μεσημβρινάTh.6.2, Str. 2.1.12, etc.: Comp. -ώτερος Gem.14.10, Anon.Geog.Comp.18: Sup. -ώτατος Str.2.5.33, etc. [ι^, but ι_ metri gr., on the analogy of ὀπωρινός, Call.Lav.Pall.72, 73, Opp.C.2.17.]
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