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μετέωρος, ον,
Epic dialect μετήορος (which see), (ἀείρω) raised from off the ground, τάφον ἑωυτῇ κατεσκευάσατο μ. [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.187; σκέλεα δὲ.. κατακρέμαται μ. [prev. author] 4.72; μ. ἐξεκόμισαν τὰς ἁμάξας 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.5.8 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πῆχυς μ. an arm hanging (without support from a bandage), [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀγμῶν” 7 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μ. αἰωρηθῆναι, of a man, [[ [prev. author] “Art.” 70 ] Refs]: frequently of anatomical structures, unsupported, [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 2.469, +others] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τὰ μ. οἰκήματα, opposed to τὰ ὑπόγαια, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.148 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; -ότερος.. τῶν σαύρων raised higher than.., above.., of the chamaeleon, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 503a21 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; of high ground, τῶν χωρίωντὰ-ότατα [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.32 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀπὸ τοῦ μ.[[ [prev. work] 128, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 55.29 (_comparative_)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; χωρία νέμεσθαι -ότερα, opposed to ἑλώδη, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 596b4; τὰ -ότατα μέρη 2nd c.BC: Protagoridas Historicus 4 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; κατὰ τὸ μ. τοῦ ποταμοῦ as one looks up the river, [[ 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 8.30.2. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__2 on the surface, ἀπὸ τοῦ -οτάτου [[ “IG” 22.1668.8 ] Refs]: hence, prominent, of eyes, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 4.1 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of roots, running along the ground, opposed to βαθύρριζος, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 3.10.3, “CP” 1.3.4, 5.9.8 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀλγήματα μ. superficial pains, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 6.7; τομαί [prev. author] “Loc.Hom.” 13 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πνεῦμα μ. shallow, not deep, [[ [prev. author] “Epid.” 3.1.ζ, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 7.946] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; -ότερον ἄσθμα more rapid breathing, [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ir.” p.27 W.] Refs 1st c.BC+]; also μ. ὀχετοί open, surface drains, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 50.2, “OGl” 483.62 (Pergam., 2nd c.BC). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II ={μετάρσιος}, in mid-air, high in air, ἀνακινῆσαί τινα μ. [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.94; ἆραί τινα μ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1362; μ. αἴρεσθαι [prev. author] “Pax” 80 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Ἀήρ, ὃς ἔχεις τὴν γῆν μ. poised on high, [[ [prev. author] “Nu.” 264; ἀφικνεῖ μ. ὑπ᾽ αὔρας 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 207 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ μ. χωρία the regions of air, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 818, compare 690 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κρεμασθεὶς καὶ βλέπων μ. looking into mid-air, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 175d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of birds, μ. ἀεὶ μένειν ἀδύνατον [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Incessu Animalium” 714a21 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; of fish, μ. πέτεσθαι [[ [prev. author] “HA” 535b28 ] Refs]; μ. νεῖν swim near the surface, [[[prev. work] 602b22 ] Refs]; τὰ μ. things in the heaven above, astronomical phenomena, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 1 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐ γὰρ ἄν ποτε ἐξηῦρον ὀρθῶς τὰ μ. πράγματα, says Socrates, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 228, compare 1284 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ μ. φροντιστής, of Socrates, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 18b; ἀλαζονεύεται περὶ τῶν μ. 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 146b; τὰ μ. καὶ τὰ ὑπὸ γῆς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 23d, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 1p.27U., etc.: _comparative_, οἶσθα -ότερόν τι τῶν θεῶ; 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 6.7 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]. adverb -ως [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 4.21. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II.2 on the high sea, of ships, καθορῶσι τὰς.. ναῦς μ. [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.48; αἱ δὲ μ. ὥρμουν [prev. author] 4.26; μίαν ναῦν ἀπολλύασι μ. [prev. author] 8.10 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of persons, ὅσοι μὴ μ. ἑάλωσαν [[ [prev. author] 7.71; μ. πλεῖν 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 2.3.4. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__II.3 of a horse, high-stepping, πομπικῷ καὶ μ. καὶ λαμπρῷ ἵππῳ [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 11.1. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.4 generally, unsettled, fermenting, undigested, μ. καὶ ἄπεπτα καὶ ἄκρητα [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 19 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; inflated, ὑποχόνδρια [[ [prev. author] “Aph.” 4.73. ] Refs]
__III metaphorically, of the mind, buoyed up, in suspense, Ἑλλὰς ἅπασα μετέωρος ἦν [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.8; μετεώρῳ <τῇ> πόλει κινδυνεύειν [prev. author] 6.10; μ. ταῖς διανοίαις 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.107.6, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μ. ταῖς ἐπιβολαῖς ἐπὶ πόλεμον eager for.., [[ [prev. author] 5.101.2; πρὸς ἐλπίδας [prev. author] 5.62.1 ] Refs]; ἐπί τινος or τινι, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Dem.Enc.” 28, “Merc.Cond.” 15; μ. πορεύῃ εἰς Ἀθήνας 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 3.24.75, compare 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 3.122d ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; haughty, puffed up, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.82.2, LXX.2Ki.22.28; γαῦρος καὶ μ. 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nigr.” 5 ] LXX+2nd c.BC+]; μετέωρε 'proud one', [[“Anthologia Graeca” 5.20 (2nd-3rd c.AD: Rufinus Epigrammaticus)] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of style, inflated, opposed to ὑψηλός (sublime), [[ 3rd c.AD: Longinus Rhetor 3.2: also in good sense, τὸ μ. καὶ πομπικόν (compare 11.3)] Refs 3rd c.AD+] elevation of style, [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Isaeo” 19. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__III.2 of conditions, uncertain, τῶν πραγμάτων ὄντων μ. [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.122; ὁπηνίκα ἂν τὰ τῆς βασιλείας μ. ᾖ 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 2.12.4 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; unsettled, χρόνος μ. καὶ κινδυνώδης [[ 4th c.AD: Hephaestio Astrologus 2.28, compare 33 ] Refs 4th c.AD+]. adverb -ρως, ἔχειν [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cimon” 13. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__III.3 of contracts, transactions, suits, etc., in suspense, pending, δικαστήριον τὸ διαλῦσον τὰ μ. συμβόλαια [[ “Supp.epigram” 1.363.9 (Samos, 3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; μ. οἰκονομίαι [[ “POxy.” 238.1 (1st c.AD),compare “PFay.” 116.12 (2nd c.AD)] Refs 1st c.AD+]; δίκη [[ 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Misopogon” 368a ] Refs 4th c.AD+]; μετέωρα, τά, unfinished business, [[ PRyl. 144.10 (1st c.AD). ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__III.4 unsecured, of debts, οἱ τὰ μ. ἐγγυώμενοι [[ “SIG” 364.42,46 (Ephesus, 3rd c.BC). ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__III.5 of persons, thoughtless, absent-minded, 'distrait', [[ 1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Atticum” 15.14.4, 16.5.3 (_comparative_), 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.910] Refs 1st c.BC+]; fickle, κοῦφοί τε καὶ μ. [[ 5th-4th c.BC: Timaeus Locrus Philosophus 104e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]. adverb -ρως [[Vett. Val. 166.4. ] Refs]
