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Aristotle's Metaphysics, 994a,26-7:
ἀεὶ γάρ ἐστι μεταξύ, ὥσπερ τοῦ εἶναι καὶ μὴ εἶναι γένεσις, οὕτω καὶ τὸ γιγνόμενον τοῦ ὄντος καὶ μὴ ὄντος
Reeve's translation:
for there is always an intermediate, so that as between being and not being there is coming to be, so too the thing that is coming to be is between the thing that is and the thing that is not
How can an adverb function as a noun? I have seen this function in some other instances, too.
I don't think μεταξύ is functioning as a noun here, but normally as a preposition. Here's a paraphrase to make the syntax clearer:
ἀεὶ γάρ, ὥσπερ γένεσίς ἐστι μεταξύ τοῦ εἶναι καὶ μὴ εἶναι, οὕτω καὶ τὸ γιγνόμενόν ἐστι μεταξύ τοῦ ὄντος καὶ μὴ ὄντος.
For just as "becoming" is always intermediate between being and not-being, so is that which is becoming between what is and what is not.
