μεσημβρ-ία
(μέσος, ἡμέρα), Ionic dialect μεσαμβρίη [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus (see. below), 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Indica” 3.8, +others] Refs 5th c.BC+]: ἡ:— midday, Ζεὺς ἐκ μεσημβρίης ἔθηκε νύκτα [[ 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 74. 3; ἐν μεσημβρίας θάλπει 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 746; ἀποκλιναμένης τῆς μεσαμβρίης 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.104 ] Refs 7th c.BC+]; μεσαμβρίης at noon, [[[prev. passage]] Refs]; ἔτρωγ᾽.. σῦκα τῆς μεσημβρίας [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 463, compare 4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 106, 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 80, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 500; τῇ μεσαμβρίῃ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus [same place]; ἐν μεσημβρίᾳ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.100; νύκτα ἐν μ. ἐπαγόμενοι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 897d; ἅμα μεσημβρίᾳ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.3.1 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκ μεσημβρίας just after noon, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Axiochus” 372; σμικρόν τι μετὰ μεσημβρίαν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1499; ἤδη ἦν μ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 220c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μ. ἵσταται 'tis high noon, [[ [prev. author] “Phdr.” 242a. ] Refs]
__II the South, Μολοσσῶν πρὸς μεσημβρίης [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Hecataeus Milesius Historicus 108 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus; [ποταμὸς] ῥέων ἀπὸ μεσαμβρίης 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.6 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κεῖται πόλις πρὸς μεσαμβρίην[[ [prev. work] 142; τὰ πρὸς μ. [prev. author] 7.113, compare “IG” 7.3073.95 (Lebad., 2nd c.BC). [μεσημβρῑη “APl.” 4.369.] ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]