μεσάζω,
={μεσόω}, ὁ μεσάζων τόπος (variant{νησίζων}) [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.32; πότερον ἄρχοιτο τὸ πάθος ἢ μεσάζοι 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιστολαί” 18; νυκτὸς μεσαζούσης LXX.Wis.18.14; μεσαζούσης ἡμέρας 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 7.5.2 ] LXX+5th c.BC+]; of food, to be half-cooked, Bilabel Ὀψαρτ.[[ p.11. ] Refs]
__II passive, to be inserted in the middle, intervene, αἱ μεσαζόμεναι λέξεις [[ 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 270.5, compare “Conj.” 255.20 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of terms in an arithmetical series, [[ “Theologumena Arithmeticae” 39. ] Refs]
__II.2 occupy a central position, τὴν γῆν ὁ μῦθος λέγει μεσάζεσθαι [[ 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 1389.38. ] Refs]