μέσ-αυλος,ον, Ep.
μέσσ-, Att.
μέτ-: (αὐλή):
I. in Hom.
μέσσαυλος,ὁ , orμέσσαυλον, τό(gender unknown), prob.the inner court, inside the αὐλή, where cattle were put at night, 11.11.548 , 17.112 , 657 , 24.29 ; used of the cave of the Cyclops, Od. 10.435 .
II.
Att. Prose and Com.μέταυλος(sc.θύρα),ἡ,the door between the αὐλή and the inner part of the house, Ar. Fr. 371 ; in full, μέταυλος θύρα
Lys. 1.17
; also θύραι μέσαυλοι
E. Alc. 549
;mesauloe, Vitr. 6.7.5 .