lift up, raise
αἰωρ-έω: fut.
Pass.
A.
-ηθήσομαι
D.C. 41.1
, (ἀπ-) Hp. Fract. 14 , but -ήσομαι
Aristid. 2.289J.
:aor. ᾐωρήθην(v. infr.):pf.
ᾐώρημαι
Opp. H. 3.532
: (ἀείρω):—lift up, raise,ὑγρὸν νῶτον αἰωρεῖ, of the eagleraismghis back and feathers, Pi. P. 1.9 ;swingas in a hammock, αἰ. [γυναῖκα] ἐπὶ κλίνης φερομένην
Hp. Mul. 1.68
, cf. Aret. CA 1.4 ; τοὺς ὄφεις . . ὑπὲρ τῆς κεφαλῆς αἰωρῶν
D. 18.260
.
2. hang,τινὰ ἐκ τοῦ
ἀτράκτου
Luc. JConf. 4
:—metaph.,ᾐώρει . . ἐλπίς, ὅτι τὸν χάρακα αἱρήσουσι excitedthemto thinkthat . . , App. BC 2.81 , cf. Plu. Brut. 37 .—Never in good Att.
II. more freq. in Pass. ,to be hung, hang, δέρματα περὶ τοὺς ὤμους αἰωρεύμενα
Hdt. 7.92
;αἰωρουμένων τῶν ὀστῶν being raised, lifted, Pl. Phd. 98d ;αἷμα ᾐωρεῖτο spouted up, Bion 1.25 ;ὁ ἥλιος ὑπὸ πνευμάτων αἰωρεῖται is tossed, carried to and fro, Diog.Oen. Fr. 8 .
2. swing, float in air, Pl. La. 184a ;hover, of birds, Arist. Mir. 836a12 ; of a dream, S. El. 1390 (lyr.);oscillate, Pl. Phd. 112b ; of an army, αἰωρουμένης στρατιᾶς περὶ Μεσοποταμίαν
Plu. Ant. 28
.
b. take passive exercise, Gal. Thras. 23 .
3. metaph.,to be in suspense,ἐν κινδύνῳ to hangin doubt and danger, Th. 7.77 ;αἰ. ἐν ἄλλοις dependupon . ., Pl. Mx. 248a ;αἰωρηθεὶς ὑπὲρ μεγάλων playing for ahighstake, Hdt. 8.100 ; αἰ. τὴν ψυχήν
X. Cyn. 4.4
; τὸ μὴ -ούμενον τῆς ψυχῆς
Epicur. Nat. 22G.
4.
Pass. ,to be held in suspense, threatened,ἀπαιδίας πρὸς τιμωρίαν -ουμένηςChor. p.71.3B.
