μεσόδμη

μεσόδμη, ἡ, (δέμω, cf. EM 581.5) Att. μεσόμνη IG 2(2).1668.48, 53:—

• tie-beam, τοῖχοι μεγάρων καλαί τε μεσόδμαι Od. 19.37, cf. 20.354 (expld. by Aristarch. as = μεσόστυλα, by others as τὰ μεταξὺ τῶν δοκῶν διαστήματα, cf. Hsch.); κρεμάσαι χρὴ τὸν ἄνθρωπον τῶν ποδῶν πρὸς μεσόδμην Hp. Art. 70; expld. as τὸ μέγα ξύλον ἀπὸ τοῦ ἑτέρου τοίχου πρὸς τὸν ἕτερον διῆκον Gal. ad Hp. l.c. (18(1).738), cf. IG ll. cc., SIG 248 N 8 (Delph., iv B. C.), Q.S. 13.451.
• • • 2 box amidships, in which the mast was stepped, ἱστὸν . . κοίλης ἔντοσθε μεσόδμης στῆσαν ἀείραντες Od. 2.424.
    • 3 shelf built between the floor of the gallery and the roof, pl., IG 2(2).1668.74, 85: sg., ib. 78.
  • II μεσόδμα, Lacon. μεσσοδόμα, = γυνή, Hsch.

μεσόδμη, ἡ (d.i. μεσοδόμη, von δέμω), eigtl. Zwischenbau ;
   a) Od. 19.37, 20.354 werden καλαὶ μεσόδμαι neben den τοῖχοι genannt, blendenartig vertiefte Zwischenräume, zwischen vortretenden Wandpfeilern, Hesych. erkl. μεσόστυλα.
   b) der Querbalken des Schiffes, der in der Mitte hohl ist, um den Mastbaum darin aufzurichten, κοίλη, Od. 2.424, 15.289 ; Ap.Rh. 1.563.
   c) später übh. ein Quer od. Tragbalken, bes. an welchem man große Lasten wägt, Wagebalken, Hippocr., VLL.

μεσόδμη

-ης, ἡ

[μέσος + δμ-, δέμω.]

• • 1

    In a ship, a sort of box in which the mast was set (prob.= ἱστοπέδη) : ἱστὸν κοίλης ἔντοσθε μεσόδμης στῆσαν Od. 2.424= Od. 15.289.

  • 2

    In a house, prob., a base or pedestal supporting a column Od. 19.37, Od. 20.354.

μεσόδμη (δέμω): properly something mid-built. —(1) mast-block, represented in the cut (see a) as a metal shoe in which the mast was firmly fastened so as to be turned back ward on the pivot (c) to a horizontal position, until it rested upon the ἱστοδόκη, Od. 2.424. See also plate IV., where the μεσόδμη is somewhat differently represented as a threesided trough or mast-box.—(2) μεσόδμαι, small spaces or niches, opening into the μέγαρον of the house, and enclosed on three sides, behind by the outside wall, and on either side by the low walls which served as foundations of the columns, Od. 19.37. (See plate III., r, and cut No. 83.)

μεσόδμη μεσό-δμη, ἡ, from δέμω, for μεσοδόμη

• • • 1something built between: in pl., prob., the bays or compartments between the pillars that supported the roof, Od.
    • 2a box amidships in which the mast was stepped, Od.