μεσολαβέω

μεσολᾰβ-έω,

• seize, nip, κιρσόν Antyll. ap. Orib. 45.18.20, cf. eund. ib. 7.14.4, Sor. Fasc. 46 (Pass.); interrupt, νῆσος μ. τὸν πόρον Peripl.M.Rubr. 25: freq. metaph., μ. τὰς τῶν διωκόντων ὁρμάς intercept, D.S. 12.70, cf. 16.1, Alciphr. 2.1; τὴν τῶν φλεβῶν ἔκρυσιν Timagoras ap. Stob. 4.36.19; interrupt, τινα Plb. 18.52.3: abs., μεσολαβήσας ἤρετο Id. 16.34.5, etc.; τὴν ἀνάγκην . . οὐκ ἔστιν ἐποχῇ μεσολαβεῖν Metrod. Herc. 831.6, cf. 12; of intervening causes, Alex.Aphr. Febr. 27, al.; also, perceive an interval, Gal. 9.69:—Pass., to be intercepted, of letters, Chryserm. ap. Stob. 3.39.31; of planetary influences, Ἀφροδίτη μεσολαβουμένη Max. Epit. p.100 L.; μεσολαβηθῆναι ὑπὸ τῆς πεπρωμένης, i. e. die prematurely, Plb. Fr. 184; μ. νόσῳ D.S. 12.29; μεσολαβηθεὶς τὸν βίον having oneʼs life cut short in the midst, Id. 1.3, cf. BCH 11.219 (Phrygia), Vett.Val. 246.9; ἐὰν μεσολαβηθῇ [ἡ περιστερά] Sch. Od. 12.69.
• • II [λίθους] κατὰ λόγον μεσολαβείτω perh. he shall calculate (cf. μεσόλαβος) the size of the stones in proportion, BCH 20.324 (Lebad.).

μεσολαβέω, in der Mitte nehmen, fassen (vgl. μέσος), dazwischen nehmen ; μεσολαβήσασα νὺξ τὰς ὁρμάς, DS. 12.70 ; Pol. 16.34.5, 18.34.3 u. a.Sp.