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., γ, and cut No. 83.)