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                    "description": "<b>ητος (ἡ) :<br\/>      1<\/b> position médiale <i>ou<\/i> intermédiaire, <i>au plur<\/i>. PLAT. <i>Tim. 36<\/i> a, <i>43<\/i> d, <i>etc. ; fig<\/i>. milieu entre deux extrêmes, PLUT. <i>M. 445<\/i> a ; <i>d’où<\/i> modération, mesure, ARSTT. <i>Nic. 4, 5, etc. ;<\/i> DH. <i>Comp. c. 24, p. 186 Reiske ;<\/i><br\/><b>      2<\/b> l’un des termes moyens d’une proportion, NICOM. <i>Arithm. 139, 142, 144 ;<\/i><br\/><b>      3<\/b> <i>t. de gr<\/i>. la voix moyenne, DYSC. <i>Synt. 210, 8<\/i>.<p style='color:darkblue'><b>Étym<\/b>. μέσος.<\/p>"
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                    "description": "ητος, ἡ, (&lt; μέσος) <b>central position<\/b>, χώρας τε καὶ ἄστεος μεσότητας Pl. <i>Lg.<\/i> 746a, 746<font color='red'>f.l.<\/font> in Arist. <i>Mir.<\/i> 846a18 (cf. <i>Mu.<\/i> 399b34); also of Time, τὸ νῦν ἐστι μ. τις Id. <i>Ph.<\/i> 251b20; Αἰών… ἀρχὴν μ. τέλος οὐκ ἔχων SIG 1125.10 (i BC\/i AD).<br\/>Math., <b>mean<\/b>, Pl. <i>Ti.<\/i> 32a, 43d (pl.), etc. ; μ. ἀριθμητική, ἁρμονική, Arist. <i>Fr.<\/i> 47; γεωμετρουμένη Plu. 2.1138d. generally, <b>mean, state between two extremes<\/b> (ἔλλειψις and ὑπερβολή), μ. ἐστὶν ἡ ἀρετή Arist. <i>EN<\/i> 1106b27, cf. 36; μ. ἡ ἀρετὴ καὶ βίων καὶ ἔργων καὶ τεχνῶν D.H. Comp. 24; ἡ μ. ἐν πᾶσιν ἀσφαλεστέρα <i>Trag.Adesp.<\/i> 547.6; αἱ μ. ἄρισται <i>AP<\/i> 10.102 (Bass.).<br\/><b>medium<\/b>, communicating between two opposites, ἡ αἴσθησις οἷον μ. τις τῆς ἐν τοῖς αἰσθητοῖς ἐναντιώσεως Arist. <i>de An.<\/i> 424a4, cf. 431a11; <b>standard<\/b>, ὡς μ. χρώμενοι τῇ ἁφῇ Id. <i>Mete.<\/i> 382a19. τῆς λέξεως μ.<br\/><b>a style between<\/b> poetry and prose, D.H. <i>Vett. Cens.<\/i> 2.11, cf. 5.2.<br\/>Gramm., <b>middle voice<\/b>, D.T. 638.9, A.D. <i>Synt.<\/i> 211.19."
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                    "description": "ητος, ἡ, <i>die Mitte<\/i>, Plat. <i>Tim<\/i>. 32b, 43d. – Bes. <i>die Mitte zwischen zwei Extremen, Mittelmäßigkeit<\/i> im guten Sinne, wie Arist. <i>Eth<\/i>. 2.6 ff. die Tugenden als solche μεσότητες zwischen den Extremen der ὑπερβολή und der ἔλλειψις bestimmt, z.B. die ἀνδρεία als μεσότης zwischen φόβος u. θάρρος ; – αἱ μεσότητες ἄρισται, Bass. 6 (XI.102); vgl. p. in Stob. <i>fl<\/i>. 105.51. – In der Arithmetik <i>die mittlere Proportionale<\/i>, Nicom. <i>arithm<\/i>. 2.24 u. öfter."
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