A.in the midst: hence,
I. as Adv.,
1. of Place, betwixt, between, once in Hom., Il.1.156, cf. h.Merc.159, etc.: with Art., “τὸ μ.” Hdt.2.8, Ar.Av.551; “ἐν τούτῳ μ.” Th.4.25; “νεάτης τε καὶ ὑπάτης καὶ μέσης καὶ εἰ ἄλλα ἄττα μ. τυγχάνει ὄντα” Pl.R.443d; “αὐχένα μ. τιθέντες” Id.Ti.69e: metaph., “φίλος ἢ ἐχθρὸς ἢ μ.” Arist.Rh.1376a30.
2. of Time, between-whiles, meanwhile, Hdt.4.155, S.Fr.225, Pl.Ly.207d, etc.; τὰ μ. the intervening events, Isoc.12.201: freq. c. pres. part., μ. ὀρύσσων ἐπαύσατο in the midst of his digging, Hdt.2.158; “ἐπελαυνόντων . . μ.” Id.4.129; “μ. θύων” Ar.Ra.1242; “μ. πίνων” Eup.351.5; “μ. πορευομένους” X.Cyr.8.8.11, cf. Pl.Ly.207b, etc.; ἐξαναστάντες μ. δειπνοῦντες in the middle of supper, D.18.169; ἀπαγχομένη μ. κατεκλίθη (κατεκωλύθη Blass), i. e. in the interval between this and reviving, And.1.125: freq. with Verbs of speaking, λέγοντα μ. in the middle of my discourse, Pl.Ap.40b, cf. Euthd.275e, R.336b: without part., μ. ὑπολαβεῖν to interrupt, X.An.3.1.26; “μ. τὸν λόγον καταλύομεν” Pl.Grg. 505c; “μ. διαλῦσαι τὴν συνουσίαν” Id.Prt.336e; ἐν τῷ μ. (sc. χρόνῳ) X. Smp.1.14: with χρόνῳ, D.30.17.
b. in late writers, like μετά (Adv.), after, afterwards, τὸ μ. σάββατον the next Sabbath, Act.Ap. 13.42; οἱ μ. τούτων βασιλεῖς the kings who followed them, J.BJ5.4.2; οἱ μ. τούτων, = Lat. posterieorum, IG14.1913.
3. of Qualities, τὰ μ. intermediate, i.e. neither good nor bad, Pl.Grg.468a.
5. Gramm., the neuter gender, Arist.SE166b12, Po.1458a17.
II. as Prep. c. gen., between, Hdt.1.6,7.85, Th.1.118, 4.42, etc.; “μ. σοφίας καὶ ἀμαθίας” Pl.Smp.202a; “μ. τούτοιν ἀμφοῖν ἐν μέσῳ ὄν” Id.R.583c; αἱ μ. τῶν λόγων διηγήσεις the explanations between the speeches, Id.Tht. 143c; but μ. τῶν λόγων if I may interrupt the argument, Id.Phdr. 230a; μ. τῶν βασιλέων among kings, Plu.2.177c; between parties to an agreement, “τιμὴ ἡ συμφωνηθεῖσα μ. τινῶν” BGU316.15 (iv A. D.); τὰ μ. σύμφωνα the terms agreed between the parties, POxy.914.8 (v A.D.): sts. one of the extremes is omitted, “ἄνωθεν τῶν Θυεστείων ῥακῶν μ. τῶν Ἰνοῦς” Ar.Ach.434; “ἢ ἐναντίοις οὖσιν ἢ μ.” Arist.GC319b12; “ἦν συμφέρον ὡς πλεῖστον τὸν μ. χρόνον γενέσθαι τῶν ὅρκων” D.18.26.