μεταξύ
(late form μετοξύ [[ “PLond.” 2.177.11 (1st c.AD), etc.)] Refs 1st c.AD+], adverb, (μετά, ξύν) properly in the midst: hence,
__I as adverb,
__I.1 of Place, betwixt, between, once in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.156, compare “hymnus ad Mercurium” 159, etc.: with _Article_, τὸ μ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.8, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 551; ἐν τούτῳ μ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.25; νεάτης τε καὶ ὑπάτης καὶ μέσης καὶ εἰ ἄλλα ἄττα μ. τυγχάνει ὄντα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 443d; αὐχένα μ. τιθέντες [prev. author] “Ti.” 69e: _metaphorically_, φίλος ἢ ἐχθρὸς ἢ μ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1376a30. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__I.2 of Time, between-whiles, meanwhile, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.155, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 225, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 207d, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ μ. the intervening events, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.201: frequently with ] Refs 5th c.BC+]present participle, μ. ὀρύσσων ἐπαύσατο in the midst of his digging, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.158; ἐπελαυνόντων.. μ. [prev. author] 4.129; μ. θύων 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1242; μ. πίνων 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 351.5; μ. πορευομένους 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.8.11, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 207b, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐξαναστάντες μ. δειπνοῦντες in the middle of supper, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.169 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀπαγχομένη μ. κατεκλίθη (κατεκωλύθη Blass), i. e. in the interval between this and reviving, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.125: frequently with Verbs of speaking, λέγοντα μ.] Refs 5th c.BC+] in the middle of my discourse, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 40b, compare “Euthd.” 275e, “R.” 336b: without ] Refs 5th c.BC+]participle, μ. ὑπολαβεῖν to interrupt, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.1.26; μ. τὸν λόγον καταλύομεν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 505c; μ. διαλῦσαι τὴν συνουσίαν [prev. author] “Prt.” 336e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν τῷ μ. (i.e. χρόνῳ) [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 1.14: with χρόνῳ, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 30.17. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]