A.between two armies, “φόνοι” Lyc.1435; debatable, of territory, J.BJ5.1.4:—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.β́: metaph., ἐν μεταιχμίῳ σκότου in the border-land between light and darkness, A.Ch.63 (lyr.): generally, interspace, Arist.PA676a2; of Time, οὐδὲν ἔχειν μ. ἀνδρῶν no interval of manhood, Luc.Am.21; “τὸ μ. Ἀφροδίτης καὶ Ἡλίου” Nicom. Harm.3.
μετ-αίχμιος , ον, Aeol. (also in Trag.) πεδ-, (αἰχμή)