αἰωρέω

αἰωρ-έω· [tense] fut. [voice] Pass.

A

-ηθήσομαι D.C.41.1

, ([etym.] ἀπ-) Hp.Fract.14, but

-ήσομαι Aristid. 2.289J.

: [tense] aor. ᾐωρήθην (v. infr.): [tense] pf.

ᾐώρημαι Opp. H.3.532

: ([etym.] ἀείρω):—lift up, raise, ὑγρὸν νῶτον αἰωρεῖ, of the eagle raismg his back and feathers, Pi.P.1.9; swing as in a hammock,

αἰ. [γυναῖκα] ἐπὶ κλίνης φερομένην Hp.Mul.1.68

, cf. Aret.CA1.4;

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 excited them to think that . . , App.BC2.81, cf. Plu. Brut. 37.—Never in good [dialect] Att.

II more freq. in [voice] 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 hang in doubt and danger, Th.7.77; αἰ. ἐν ἄλλοις depend upon . ., Pl.Mx.248a; αἰωρηθεὶς ὑπὲρ μεγάλων playing for a high stake, Hdt.8.100;

αἰ. τὴν ψυχήν X.Cyn.4.4

;

τὸ μὴ -ούμενον τῆς ψυχῆς Epicur.Nat.22G.

4 [voice] Pass., to be held in suspense, threatened, ἀπαιδίας πρὸς τιμωρίαν -ουμένης Chor.p.71.3B.