μέση(sc.χορδή),ἡ, the
A. mese, i. e. the top note of the lower tetrachord in the octave, originally themiddle stringof the seven-stringed (or of an earlier three-stringed) lyre, Pl. R. 443d (cf. Sch.), Arist. Metaph. 1018b29 , Pr. 919b20 , Euc. Sect.Can. 10 ; variously defined, Ptol. Harm. 2.5 , Cleonid. Harm. 11 , Bacch. Harm. 65 :— Dor.
μέσσα
Philol. 6 .
II. Geom.,mean proportional, v. μέσος III. 5 .
III. in punctuation (sc.στιγμή), dot placed midway between top and bottom of line, functioning as acomma, Satyr. 6 , D.T. 630.6 , Sch.D.T. p.177 H.