μεσῑτ-εύω,
act as arbiter or mediator, [[ 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 16.4.3, “BGU” 709.18 (2nd c.AD), 2nd c.AD: Babrius Fabularum Scriptor 39.2, etc.] Refs 1st c.AD+]; τισι [[ “BGU” 906.7 (1st c.AD), etc.] Refs 1st c.AD+]; μ. ὅρκῳ [[ NT.Heb.6.17 ] NT]; act as go-between, τῇ Πασιφάῃ πρὸς τὸν ἔρωτα τοῦ ταύρου [[ 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 1166.25. ] Refs]
__2 transitive, mediate, negotiate, τὴν διάλυσιν μ. [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 11.34.3; τὰς συνθήκας “OGI” 437.76 (Pergam., 1st c.BC), 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 9.59, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 19.71; τὰς διαλλαγάς 1st c.BC: Nicolaus Damascenus Historicus 130.29 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__3 pledge, mortgage property, [[ “CPR” 1.19 (1st c.AD), etc. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__4[[ ={μεσιδιόω}, χειρόγραφον παρά τινι Möller “Papyrus Berl. Mus.” 2.11 (_passive_, 1st c.AD), 10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__5 add as a third constituent, χάλκανθον[[ Zos.Alch. p.113 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II intransitive, τὰ χρήματα μ. lies on deposit with a stakeholder, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus “Fragmenta” 183. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__II.2 lie between, μονάδος καὶ δεκάδος [[ “Theologumena Arithmeticae” 44. ] Refs]