μεσόλαβος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μεσο- (meso-, in the middle) +‎ λαμβάνω (lambánō, “to take, grasp”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /me.só.la.bos/ → /meˈso.la.βos/ → /meˈso.la.vos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /me.só.la.bos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /meˈso.la.bos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /meˈso.la.βos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /meˈso.la.vos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /meˈso.la.vos/

Noun

μεσόλᾰβος • (mesólăbos) m (genitive μεσολᾰ́βου); second declension

1. mesolabe, a mathematical instrument used for finding mean proportional lines

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ μεσόλᾰβος; τοῦ μεσολᾰ́βου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ μεσόλᾰβος ho mesólăbos	τὼ μεσολᾰ́βω tṑ mesolắbō	οἱ μεσόλᾰβοι hoi mesólăboi
Genitive	τοῦ μεσολᾰ́βου toû mesolắbou	τοῖν μεσολᾰ́βοιν toîn mesolắboin	τῶν μεσολᾰ́βων tôn mesolắbōn
Dative	τῷ μεσολᾰ́βῳ tôi mesolắbōi	τοῖν μεσολᾰ́βοιν toîn mesolắboin	τοῖς μεσολᾰ́βοις toîs mesolắbois
Accusative	τὸν μεσόλᾰβον tòn mesólăbon	τὼ μεσολᾰ́βω tṑ mesolắbō	τοὺς μεσολᾰ́βους toùs mesolắbous
Vocative	μεσόλᾰβε mesólăbe	μεσολᾰ́βω mesolắbō	μεσόλᾰβοι mesólăboi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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