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From: Elias J Theodoracopoulos <ejt1@columbia.edu>
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Subject: Re: "middle" voice
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On Sun, 7 Jan 2001, James Butrica wrote:

> Does anyone know when the term "middle" was first used to describe what we
> normally call the middle voice in Greek? Specifically, has the term been
> introduced since the Renaissance, or did the ancient Greeks themselves use
> it?

According to LSJ sv mesos I. 3. c.: Apollonius Dyscolus (2nd c.) and
Eustathius use it in our sense of "middle" voice.

EJTh

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