ἐπαιωρέω,
A. keep hovering overanother,στέφανον καρήνῳ, πέτρον καρήνων,
Nonn. D. 5.132 , 4.456 ;keep floating in,
ἐ. πτερὸν ἠερι πολλῷ
Epigr.Gr. 312.5
(Smyrna): metaph., ἐ. [εὐτυχίαις] βίον
AP 7.645
( Crin. ).
II.
Pass. ,hover overoron the surface, float upon,
ἐπανθισμὸς ἐ. χαλκείοις
Dsc. 5.92
, cf. 75 ;ἐλπίσιν ἐπαιωρούμενοι buoyed upby . ., Luc. Alex. 16 ;ἐπαιωρεῖσθαι πολέμῳ hang overit,conductitremissly,
Plu. Pel. 29 ; in Hp. Art. 75 , of one whothrows his whole weight uponanother, during a surgical operation.
2. overhang, threaten,