middle (subs.) Copy link Outline I. The central positionII. The waist • middle (subs.): I. The central position: expr. by mĕdius in agr. (L. G. § 341): in the m. of the forum, in m. foro, Cic.: Liv.: also neut. medium occurs as subs.: in the m. of the house, in medio aedium, Liv. 1, 57, fin.: your safest path will be in the m., medio tutissimus ibis, Ov. M. 2, 137. II. The waist: expr. by mĕdius: to seize any one by the m., aliquem m. arripere, Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 18: Lucan.