- μέσαβον
- μέσαβονGrammatical information: n.Meaning: `strap, fixing the plough-beam to the middle of the yoke' -ος? Hes. Op. 469 in gen. pl. -ων, pl. μεσσαβα (Call.); μεσάβοιον, v.l. -ό- (Poll. 1, 252).Other forms: See below.Derivatives: μεσσαβόω `put (to the horses)' (Lyc.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Hypostasis from (ἐν) μέσῳ βοῶν `in the middle between the oxen' with thematic reshaping as in ἑκατόμ-βη (μεσάβοιον after ἐννεάβοιον a.o.); though with unexplained -α- for -ο-. So μεσα- for μετα- (μετὰ βοῶν)? doubting Schwyzer 438 n. 4; morphologically acceptable. - But cf. also μέσοψ `strip', μεσόπα ἱμάντα τὸν περὶ τὸν ζυγὸν καὶ τὸ ἄροτρον δεδεμένον H.; also μεσσαῖον τό ὑπὸ τοὺς τραχήλους ὑποτιθέμενον H.(?); alo μεσάτιον (μεσάντιον I Reg 17, 7); note also σ(σ). Fur. 107, 148, 149; so the word is Pre-Greek.Page in Frisk: 2,212-213
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.