μεταξύ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μετά (metá) + ξύν (xún).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /me.tak.sý/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /me.takˈsy/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /me.takˈsy/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /me.takˈsy/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /me.takˈsi/

Adverb

μετᾰξῠ́ • (metaxú)

Preposition

μετᾰξῠ́ • (metaxú) (governs the genitive)

between

Further reading

“μεταξύ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“μεταξύ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“μεταξύ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
μεταξύ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963

Greek

Alternative forms

αναμεταξύ (anametaxý)

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek μεταξύ (metaxú), from Ancient Greek μεταξύ (metaxú).

Adverb

μεταξύ • (metaxý)

between, amongst, amid (place)
between, meanwhile (time)

See also

εν τω μεταξύ (en to metaxý, “meanwhile”)
εντωμεταξύ (entometaxý, “meanwhile”)

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