μεσόδμη,ἡ, (δέμω, cf. EM 581.5 ) Att.
μεσόμνη
IG 22.1668.48 , 53 :—
A. tie-beam, τοῖχοι μεγάρων καλαί τε μεσόδμαι
Od. 19.37
, cf. 20.354 (expld. by Aristarch. as = μεσόστυλα , by others asτὰ μεταξὺ τῶν δοκῶν διαστήματα, cf. Hsch. ); κρεμάσαι χρὴ τὸν ἄνθρωπον τῶν ποδῶν πρὸς μεσόδμην
Hp. Art. 70
; expld. as τὸ μέγα ξύλον ἀπὸ τοῦ ἑτέρου τοίχου πρὸς τὸν ἕτερον διῆκον
Gal.
ad Hp.l.c. ( 18(1).738 ), cf.IGll. cc., SIG 248
N 8 (Delph.,iv B. C.), Q.S. 13.451 .
2. box amidships, in which the mast was stepped, ἱστὸν . . κοίλης ἔντοσθε μεσόδμης στῆσαν ἀείραντες
Od. 2.424
.
3. shelfbuilt between the floor of the gallery and the roof, pl., IG 22.1668.74 , 85 : sg., ib. 78 .