μεσόλαβος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From μεσο- (meso-, in the middle) + λαμβάνω (lambánō, “to take, grasp”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /me.só.la.bos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /meˈso.la.bos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /meˈso.la.βos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /meˈso.la.vos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /meˈso.la.vos/
Noun
μεσόλᾰβος • (mesólabos) m (genitive μεσολᾰ́βου); second declension
- mesolabe, a mathematical instrument used for finding mean proportional lines
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ μεσόλᾰβος ho mesólabos |
τὼ μεσολᾰ́βω tṑ mesolábō |
οἱ μεσόλᾰβοι hoi mesólaboi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ μεσολᾰ́βου toû mesolábou |
τοῖν μεσολᾰ́βοιν toîn mesoláboin |
τῶν μεσολᾰ́βων tôn mesolábōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ μεσολᾰ́βῳ tôi mesolábōi |
τοῖν μεσολᾰ́βοιν toîn mesoláboin |
τοῖς μεσολᾰ́βοις toîs mesolábois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν μεσόλᾰβον tòn mesólabon |
τὼ μεσολᾰ́βω tṑ mesolábō |
τοὺς μεσολᾰ́βους toùs mesolábous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | μεσόλᾰβε mesólabe |
μεσολᾰ́βω mesolábō |
μεσόλᾰβοι mesólaboi | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: mesolabium
- → English: mesolabe
Further reading
- “μεσόλαβος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- μεσόλαβος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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