μεθόριος

A. lying between as a boundary, γῆ μεθορία τῆς Ἀργείας καὶ Λακωνικῆς the border country between . . , Th. 2.27, 4.56: neut. pl., borders, marches, ἐν ‐ίοις τῆς Ἀττικῆς καὶ Βοιωτίας Th. 2.18, cf. X. Cyr. 1.4.16, etc.; τὰ μ. Τύρου καὶ Σιδῶνος v.l. in Ev.Marc. 7.24; μεθόρια φιλοσόφου τε καὶ πολιτικοῦ Prodic. 6: sg., τὸ μεθόριον LXX Jo. 19.27 cod. A: metaph., Pl. Lg. 878b; ὁ ὕπνος δοκεῖ εἶναι τοῦ ζῆν καὶ τοῦ μὴ ζῆν μ. Arist. GA 778b30, cf. HA 588b5, Hierocl. in CA 20p.462M.; ἐν μεθορίῳ [εἶναι] Arist. Pr. 943 b26, Gal. 6.255; ἡ Ἀράβων καὶ Ἀσσυρίων μεθορία (sc. χώρα) Plu. Crass. 22; ἡ μεθόριος Ph. 2.514; ἔστι ἐν λιτότητι μεθόριος there is a limit to frugality, cj. in Epicur. Sent.Vat. 63.